A PROCEDURE FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF SLANTING QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES TOWARD SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY.
Abstract
The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were administered to naval aviation cadets by a method in which both socially acceptable and selfdescriptive answers were obtained continuously. Self-descriptions obtained with socially acceptable responses were significantly less biased towards acceptability in 13 of the 24 scales than were the scores of controls who received these inventories under normal conditions. Thus, allowing Ss to give acceptable answers along with self-descriptions appeared to reduce the bias in the latter. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 15, 1956
- Accession Number
- AD0468238
Entities
People
- Robert B. Voas
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Institute