Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR)

Paulhus, D. L. (1991). Measurement and control of response bias. In J. P. Robinson, P. R. Shaver & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes (pp. 17-59). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

The measure: Paulhus (1991) BIDR.doc

	Table of Contents
	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The BIDR was designed to measure social desirability. In other words, it assesses whether respondents are responding truthfully or are misrepresenting themselves in order to manage their self-presentation.
Questions		40 items using 7-point ratings.
Sub-scales		2 sub-scales: Self-Deceptive Enhancement Impression Management
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		I am a completely rational person. (Self-Deceptive Enhancement) Once in a while I laugh at a dirty joke. (Impression Management)

References:

Scale:

Paulhus, D. L. (1984). Two-component models of socially desirable responding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46(3), 598-609. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.46.3.598

Paulhus, D. L. (1991). Measurement and control of response bias. In J. P. Robinson, P. R. Shaver & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes (pp. 17-59). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Paulhus, D. L., Bruce, M. N., & Trapnell, P. D. (1995). Effects of self-presentation strategies on personality profiles and their structure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21(2), 100-108. doi: 10.1177/0146167295212001

Paulhus, D. L., & Reid, D. (1991). Enhancement and denial in socially desirable responding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(2), 307-317. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.60.2.307

Stober, J., Dette, D. E., & Musch, J. (2002). Comparing continuous and dichotomous scoring of the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding. Journal of Personality Assessment, 78(2), 370-389. doi: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7802_10

Uses:

Holden, R. R., & Passey, J. (2010). Socially desirable responding in personality assessment: Not necessarily faking and not necessarily substance. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(5), 446-450. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.015

Vaughan, M. D., & Waehler, C. A. (2010). Coming Out Growth: Conceptualizing and Measuring Stress-Related Growth Associated with Coming Out to Others as a Sexual Minority. Journal of Adult Development, 17(2), 94-109. doi: 10.1007/s10804-009-9084-9

Davis, C. G., Thake, J., & Vilhena, N. (2010). Social desirability biases in self-reported alcohol consumption and harms. Addictive Behaviors, 35(4), 302-311. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.11.001

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