Original scientific paper

On Saints and Superheroes: Testing Paulhus' Model of Social Desirability

Zvonimir Galić orcid.org/0000-0001-5710-0975 ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Željko JERNEIĆ ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Marija BELAVIĆ ; Dekra Employment Ltd., Zagreb

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test Paulhus' model which states
that there are two social desirability factors (egoistic and
moralistic bias), both of which have conscious and
unconscious aspects (management and enhancement). In
order to test the model, we compared social desirable
responding among three situations: anonymous, induced
moralistic bias and induced egoistic bias. In our study 669
students participated, who filled in the Comprehensive
Inventory of Desirable Responding (Paulhus, 2006) and a five-factor personality inventory. Differences on social
desirability components among the three situations and their
relationship with personality traits only partially confirmed the
model, supporting the distinction of moralistic from egoistic
but not conscious from unconscious bias.

Keywords

socially desirable responding; egoistic bias; moralistic bias; personality

Hrčak ID:

45778

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45778

Publication date:

29.12.2009.

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