Controlling social-desirability bias via method factors of direct and indirect questioning in structural equation models
✍ Scribed by Myung-Soo Jo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0742-6046
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✦ Synopsis
This article develops a methodology for controlling socialdesirability bias. The method uses direct and indirect questioning to create methods factors within a structural-equation modeling context. The article discusses the rationale for using both direct and indirect questioning and the benefits of employing method factors. Models are developed with method factors as exogenous or endogenous constructs, depending on the location of sensitive constructs in the structural model. The article also discusses how the proposed methodology can be applied to studies using different methods (e.g., peers' evaluations, physical observations, and behavioral/physiological measures), in addition to direct self-reports. Implications of the proposed method are discussed.