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A Five-Item Measure of Socially Desirable Response Set

California School of Professional Psychology-Los Angeles and the RAND Corporation

Toshi Hayashi

The RAND Corporation

Anita L. Stewart

The RAND Corporation

The internal consistency reliability of a five-item measure of socially desirable response set, the SDRS-5, was examined in two samples: 614 outpatients of medical providers and 3053 outpatients of medical and mental health providers. Alpha reliability estimates were 0.66 and 0.68, respectively. One-month test-retest reliability was 0.75 in a sample of 75 older adults. With appropriate caveats, we recommend the SDRS-5 for clinical investigators needing a very brief measure of socially desirable response set.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 49, No. 3, 629-636 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/001316448904900315


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