June 12, 2024Psychology and Behavioral Science International JournalOpen Access

Social Desirability Biased Responding: Are Researchers Listening?

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KMKing Bruce MVictoria University

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Survey review finds pervasive social desirability bias across self-reported research, highlighting that unaddressed misreporting threatens public policy data.

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Self-reported behaviors in surveys exhibit widespread misreporting driven by social desirability bias, which remains largely unaddressed by investigators.
In recent years, fewer than 5% of published survey studies in sexuality, ethics, and accounting controlled for social desirability biased responding.
Analysis of published surveys highlights that reliable policy requires truthful data, urging researchers to integrate validated social desirability tools.

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King Bruce M (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e651cbb6db6435875e290a https://doi.org/10.19080/pbsij.2024.21.556075

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Survey review finds pervasive social desirability bias across self-reported research, highlighting that unaddressed misreporting threatens public policy data.

Social Desirability Biased Responding: Are Researchers Listening?

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Social Desirability Biased Responding: Are Researchers Listening?

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