Investigating Social Desirability Bias in Student Self-Report Surveys

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Online learning in higher education: exploring advantages and disadvantages for engagement (2018, background): “…of students in higher education suggest that self-reports and actual abilities are positively related (Anaya 1999; Hayek et al. 2002; Pike 1995) and social desirability bias does not play a major role in student responses for surveys of basic cognitive and academic behaviors (Miller 2012).”
Social Support and Classroom Management Are Related to Secondary Students’ General School Adjustment: A Multilevel Structural Equation Model Using Student and Teacher Ratings (2018, background): “…also been suspected of being invalid, with student ratings biased by individual idiosyncrasies and teacher popularity, and teacher ratings biased by self-serving strategies or ideals (Kopcha & Sullivan, 2007; Marsh & Roche, 1997; Miller, 2012; Stern, 1970; Wubbels, Brekelmans, & Hooymayers, 1993).”
Psychological Capital and Career Outcomes among Final Year University Students: the Mediating Role of Career Engagement and Perceived Employability (2020, background): “These two limitations are associated with social desirability biases (Miller 2012), hence we cannot rule out the risk of inflated relations among the constructs studied.”