Faking it: Social desirability response bias in self-report research

By van de Mortel, F. Thea. 2008

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‘Instagram made Me buy it’: Generation Z impulse purchases in fashion industry (2020, background): “Furthermore, discussions can be influenced by participants’ social desirability biases; they may adjust their own contributions to match those of others, which can affect the validity of the focus groups (Mortel, 2008).”
Attachment disorganization and dissociation in virtual worlds: A study on problematic Internet use among players of online role playing games. (2012, methodology): “…that need to be addressed. first, it is acknowledged that self-report measures of clinical constructs can present relevant bias problems (van de Mortel 2008, Podsakoff et al. 2003). this applies to the measures of internet addiction and dissociation used in this study, although they have…”
Green Walls for a Restorative Classroom Environment: A Controlled Evaluation Study (2017, background): “In addition, these results should be approached cautiously because of the use of self-reported data, which may be prone to response bias and thereby pose a threat to construct validity (Van de Mortel, 2008).”
Presence and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality Are Negatively Related: A Review (2019, methodology): “Several approaches could be adopted to achieve this, including pre-task questionnaires that assess social desirability (Crowne and Marlowe, 1960; Van de Mortel, 2008) or developing and using questionnaires according to principles of minimizing bias (Choi and Pak, 2005).”
Psychosocial factors associated with talent development in football: A systematic review (2017, background): “1 Variations of self-report measures also dominate the li erature (e.g., semi-structured interviews, 2 participant history questionnaires) which introduces the potential for concerns over social 3 desirability or self-serving bias (van de Mortel, 2008).”
Contextual stress and maternal sensitivity: A meta-analytic review of stress associations with the Maternal Behavior Q-Sort in observational studies (2018, background): “Self-report data can be confounded by bias related to social desirability effects (Chung & Monroe, 2003; Fisher & Katz, 2008; Van de Mortel, 2008).”