Bou Malham Philippe, Saucier Gerard
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
Int J Psychol. 2016 Dec;51(6):474-480. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12261. Epub 2016 Feb 23.
Psychologists have a recurrent concern that socially desirable responding (SDR) is a form of response distortion that compromises the validity of self-report measures, especially in high-stakes situations where participants are motivated to make a good impression. Psychologists have used various strategies to minimise SDR or its impact, for example, forced choice responding, ipsatization, and direct measures of social desirability. However, empirical evidence suggests that SDR is a robust phenomenon existing in many cultures and a substantive variable with meaningful associations with other psychological variables and outcomes. Here, we review evidence of the occurrence of SDR across cultures and tie SDR to the study of cultural normativity and cultural consonance in anthropology. We suggest that cultural normativity is an important component of SDR, which may partly explain the adaptiveness of SDR and its association with positive outcomes.
心理学家一直担心社会赞许性回答（SDR）是一种反应偏差形式，会损害自我报告测量的有效性，尤其是在高风险情境中，参与者有动机给人留下好印象。心理学家采用了各种策略来尽量减少SDR或其影响，例如，强制选择回答、个人化以及社会赞许性的直接测量。然而，实证证据表明，SDR是一种存在于许多文化中的普遍现象，是一个与其他心理变量和结果有意义关联的实质性变量。在此，我们回顾了SDR在不同文化中出现的证据，并将SDR与人类学中文化规范性和文化一致性的研究联系起来。我们认为，文化规范性是SDR的一个重要组成部分，这可能部分解释了SDR的适应性及其与积极结果的关联。
