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Sex and Racial Differences in Socially Desirable Responding
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Van Dixhorn, Kathryn G.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1309188150
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Year and Degree
2011, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology MS.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the magnitude of sex and racial differences in faking behavior, specifically socially desirable responding, in a large (N = 295,517), applied sample. Results indicated that females are engaging in more intentional socially desirable responding, whereas males are engaging in more inadvertent socially desirable responding. However, these differences are not likely to influence selection. Caucasians are displaying more intentional socially desirable responding than African Americans (d = 0.55), Hispanics (d = 0.57), and Asian Americans (d = 0.29). Asian Americans - iii - engaged in less inadvertent socially desirable responding than Caucasians (d = 0.38), African Americans (d = 0.44), and Hispanics (d = 0.40). In a simulated hiring situation, employing cut-off scores for both conscientiousness scores and socially desirable responding to eliminate fakers, only Asian Americans were less likely to be selected. This effect was larger as the selection ratio increased.
Committee
Corey Miller, PhD (Committee Chair)
Gary Burns, PhD (Committee Member)
Debra Steele-Johnson, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
82 p.
Subject Headings
Psychological Tests
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Psychology
Keywords
impression management
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self-deception
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socially desirable responding
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faking
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sex differences
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gender differences
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racial differences
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Asian Americans
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Van Dixhorn, K. G. (2011).
Sex and Racial Differences in Socially Desirable Responding
[Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1309188150
APA Style (7th edition)
Van Dixhorn, Kathryn.
Sex and Racial Differences in Socially Desirable Responding.
2011. Wright State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1309188150.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Van Dixhorn, Kathryn. "Sex and Racial Differences in Socially Desirable Responding." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1309188150
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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