Hays et al., 1989: A Five-Item Measure of Socially Desirable Response Set

Topic:

The interal consintency reliability of a five-item measure of socilally desirable response set, the SDRS-5, was examined in two samples.

scale construction, two survey, 614 and 3053 outpatients of medical and mental health provides

Constructs in this publication:

Construct	Cites	Category	Questions given?	Content validity	Pretests	Response type	Notes
Socially desirable response set	NEW, Reynolds, 1982		yes	none	2 large studies	5-point Likert scale ranging from "definitely true" to "definitely false"

This publication is cited by the following publications:

• D'Arcy et al., 2014: social desirability bias
• Kajzer et al., 2014: Social desirability

Citation:

Ron D. Hays, Toshi Hayashi, and Anita L. Stewart. A Five-Item Measure of Socially Desirable Response Set. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 49(3):629–636, September 1989. doi:10.1177/001316448904900315.

Bibtex

@article{hays_fiveitem_1989,
 author = {Hays, Ron D. and Hayashi, Toshi and Stewart, Anita L.},
 doi = {10.1177/001316448904900315},
 issn = {0013-1644, 1552-3888},
 journal = {Educational and Psychological Measurement},
 language = {en},
 month = {September},
 number = {3},
 pages = {629-636},
 title = {A {{Five}}-{{Item Measure}} of {{Socially Desirable Response Set}}},
 volume = {49},
 year = {1989}
}

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