Many psychologists still regard correlations with social desirability (SD) scales as evidence
of the invalidity of measures, despite 20 yrs of research showing that this interpretation is …

This article raises the question as to whether the constructs of anxiety and depression can
be meaningfully separated. Through a review of the literature focusing on the mood states …

This review set out to review the extensive literature on response bias, and particularly
dissimulating a socially desirable response to self-report data. Various terminological …

Abstract 65 adults generated 72 distinct reasons for not committing suicide; these were
reduced to 48 by factor analyses performed on 2 additional samples, and the items were …

A 9-point clinical rating scale was used to assess the severity of hopelessness in 141
patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation. The patients were followed from 5 to 10 years …

Cet article présente en détails l'élaboration et l'évaluation psychométrique d'une échelle de
la douleur psychologique insupportable. Deux études ont été menées dans le but de décrire …

The assessment of individual differences has a long history. As early as 2200 BC the
Chinese were employing methods to select candidates for civil service positions. Over the …

Social desirability (SD) bias occurs in self-report surveys when subjects give socially
desirable responses by over-or underreporting their behavior. Despite knowledge of SD as …

Hopelessness about the future is an important component of depression in general and
suicidal behavior in particular. Despite this, little research has examined the concept of …

RONALD R. HOLDEN JENNIFER PASSEY s ocial desirability is the tendency for people to
present themselves in a generally fa-vorable fashion (Holden, 2001). Particularly within the …