Edwards Social Desirability Scale (Edwards SDS)

Edwards, A. L. (1957). The Social Desirability Variable in Personality Assessment and Research. New York: The Dryden Press.

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	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The Edwards SDS 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		79 (long version) or 39 (short version) items using a yes/no response format.
Sub-scales		None
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		Scale not publicly available

References:

Scale:

Edwards, A. L. (1957). The Social Desirability Variable in Personality Assessment and Research. New York: The Dryden Press.

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