Social desirability bias in dietary self-report leads to a large downward bias in nutrient estimation, potentially impacting epidemiological risk estimates.

Social desirability bias in dietary self-report may compromise the validity of dietary intake measures.

Social desirability bias in ethical decision-making among accountants is higher when the situation is more unethical, with more religious women showing the highest bias scores compared to less religious women and men.

Exploring Social Desirability Bias

A combination of prevention and detection methods is the best choice for coping with social desirability bias in research.

Methods of coping with social desirability bias: A review.

Social desirability bias (SDB) involves responding to questions in a way that leads to a more positive depiction of an individual than is objectively warranted, with two different manifestations: impression management and self-deception positivity.

Social Desirability Bias

Controlling social desirability bias in marketing experiments and surveys can significantly alter results and impact demographic variables and coefficient sizes.

Controlling social desirability bias

Using strategies to detect and limit social desirability bias in qualitative research can help minimize complexities in interpreting findings.

“Everything Is Perfect, and We Have No Problems”: Detecting and Limiting Social Desirability Bias in Qualitative Research

The impression management scale is a more effective tool for assessing social desirability bias in information systems research than the Marlowe-Crowne scale, and can potentially threaten the validity of such research.

Measuring and Controlling Social Desirability Bias: Applications in Information Systems Research

Social desirability is a stable, multidimensional trait, rather than a situationally-specific response set, and faking studies can examine people's stereotypes and images of normality and abnormality.

Response bias, social desirability and dissimulation

Social desirability bias occurs when research subjects choose socially desirable responses instead of their true feelings, especially in sensitive areas like politics, religion, and personal issues.

Social desirability bias is associated with key health measures in inner-city substance users, not primarily due to depressive symptoms.

The relationship between social desirability bias and self-reports of health, substance use, and social network factors among urban substance users in Baltimore, Maryland.

Social desirability response bias significantly influences self-reported ethical conduct in college students, with perceived desirability of behavior being the greatest influencer.

The social desirability response bias in ethics research

Using social desirability scales in questionnaire-based research can help detect and control for social desirability response bias, improving the validity of questionnaire-based research.

Faking it: Social desirability response bias in self-report research

Social desirability, including trait desirability and need for sexual approval, can influence people's responses to sociological measures, potentially impacting the validity of survey studies.

Some Effects of "Social Desirability" in Survey Studies

Social desirability bias in self-reported diet and physical activity levels in 8-10-year-old African-American girls can confound associations between BMI and self-reported physical activity and energy intake.

Social desirability bias in self-reported dietary, physical activity and weight concerns measures in 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls: results from the Girls Health Enrichment Multisite Studies (GEMS).

Social desirability bias exists in information systems research, and can be effectively reduced using an SD scale and partial correlation.

When does social desirability become a problem? Detection and reduction of social desirability bias in information systems research

Social desirability bias in qualitative health research can lead to distorted conclusions, and this paper provides six strategies for identifying and controlling it in qualitative studies.

Social desirability bias in qualitative health research

Social desirability does not predict job performance, and removing its effects from the Big Five dimensions of personality leaves the criterion-related validity of personality constructs intact.

Role of social desirability in personality testing for personnel selection: The red herring.

Social desirability may not be completely disregarded as a potential confounder in environmental psychology research, as its effect may be more pronounced in specific cases.

Social Desirability in Environmental Psychology Research: Three Meta-Analyses

Social desirability scales show a close to zero correlation with prosocial behavior, questioning their validity as both bias and substantive traits.

Are social desirability scales desirable? A meta-analytic test of the validity of social desirability scales in the context of prosocial behavior.

These studies suggest social desirability bias leads to inaccurate self-reporting, affects ethical decision-making, and can be managed through prevention and detection methods.