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- Title
The Effects of Social Desirability on Students' Self-Reports in Two Social Contexts: Lectures vs. Lectures and Lab Classes.
- Authors
Lavidas, Konstantinos; Papadakis, Stamatios; Manesis, Dionysios; Grigoriadou, Anastasia Sofia; Gialamas, Vasilis
- Abstract
Attempts to detect socially desirable responding bias have mainly focused on studies that explore sensitive topics. However, researchers concur that the sensitive character of the survey could be affected by the social context within which the research is conducted. Little research has been reported worldwide investigating the potential effects of social desirability on students' self-reports, considering the social context within which the survey is conducted. In this paper, we investigate the potential effects of social desirability on students' self-reports in two social contexts within which the survey was conducted. More specifically, with a sample of 111 Greek students, we explored the effects of social desirability on students' attitudes towards statistics in two cases: when the questionnaire was administered to participating students after attending (a) lectures and (b) both lectures and laboratory classes. Only in the second case were the items' attitudes toward statistics associated with a score of socially desirable responding; moreover, social desirability accounted for the relationship between attitudes toward statistics and perceived competence in mathematics. Implications and limitations are also discussed.
- Subjects
SOCIAL desirability; STUDENT attitudes; SOCIAL context; LECTURES &; lecturing; SOCIAL accounting
- Publication
Information (2078-2489), 2022, Vol 13, Issue 10, p491
- ISSN
2078-2489
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/info13100491