Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale
The Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale (CMSD) is a 33-item self-report measure designed to assess the tendency to present oneself favorably in social contexts, independent of psychopathology. Developed by Douglas Crowne and David Marlowe in 1960, the CMSD measures impression management and social desirability bias—tendencies that confound responses to personality, health, and behavioral questionnaires. The scale has become the standard reference instrument for detecting and controlling social desirability effects in psychological research.
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- Crowne, D. P., & Marlowe, D. (1960). A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 24(4), 349–354. · DOI 10.1037/h0047358
- Reynolds, W. M. (1982). Development of reliable and valid short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38(1), 119–125. · DOI 10.1002/1097-4679(198201)38:1<119::aid-jclp2270380118>3.0.co;2-i
- Paulhus, D. L. (1991). Measurement and control of response bias. In J. P. Robinson, P. R. Shaver, & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes (pp. 17–59). Academic Press. · ISBN 978-0-12-590241-0
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