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Religious Orientation, Context Effects, and Socially Desirable Responding

Judd, Michael W.

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2009, Master of Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
Religiousness has been associated with socially desirable responding (SDR) but its relationship with SDR has remained equivocal. Context effects and/or priming may be implicated in this unclear relationship; previous studies may have inadvertently affected responses by activating religious constructs prior to SDR measurement. This study hypothesizes a change in SDR contingent upon whether subjects perceive a survey to be religious in nature or not. It is further hypothesized that an SDR increase will be demonstrated in subjects of an intrinsic religious orientation, while other orientations (extrinsic, pro-religious, nonreligious and quest) will remain unaffected. As predicted, a significant shift in SDR was demonstrated, however, SDR responses by intrinsic-oriented subjects decreased, while SDR by subjects of extrinsic orientation increased.
Alicia Doerflinger, PhD (Advisor)
Sibicky Mark, PhD (Committee Member)
49 p.

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  • Judd, M. W. (2009). Religious Orientation, Context Effects, and Socially Desirable Responding [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1254943217

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Judd, Michael. Religious Orientation, Context Effects, and Socially Desirable Responding. 2009. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1254943217.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Judd, Michael. "Religious Orientation, Context Effects, and Socially Desirable Responding." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1254943217

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)