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Social Desirability and “Acquiescence Response Set”

Donald R. Miklich

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Abstract

This study showed that the frequently found negative correlation between social desirability (SD) and the so-called “acquiescence response set” (ARS) is not an artifact of contaminated scales as its presence in two unconcaminated instruments was demonstrated. A theoretically consistent explanation of this relationship based on a reinterpretation of the ARS variable is suggested.

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This study showed that the frequently found negative correlation between social desirability (SD) and the so-called “acquiescence response set” (ARS) is not an artifact of contaminated scales as its presence in two unconcaminated instruments was demonstrated. A theoretically consistent explanation of this relationship based on a reinterpretation of the ARS variable is suggested.

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This study showed that the frequently found negative correlation between social desirability (SD) and the so-called “acquiescence response set” (ARS) is not an artifact of contaminated scales as its presence in two unconcaminated instruments was demonstrated. A theoretically consistent explanation of this relationship based on a reinterpretation of the ARS variable is suggested.

Key concepts: Acquiescence, Social desirability, Reinterpretation, Psychology, Set (abstract data type), Social psychology, Response bias, Artifact (error)

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