Worry and social desirability: opposite relationships for socio-political and social-evaluation worries
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- Personality and Individual Differences [ 0191-8869 ] ; 2001.
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The present article investigates the relationship between social desirability and worry. In particular, it addresses the question of whether socio-political worries (i.e. worries about societal or environmental problems) show a different relationship with social desirability than worries related to one's social-evaluative self-concept (i.e. worries about one's own relationships, future, work, or finances). A sample of 155 students responded to self-report questionnaires on worry and social desirability, first under standard instructions and then under social desirability-provoking instructions (imaginary job-application instructions). As expected, results showed opposite relationships for socio-political and social-evaluation worries. First, socio-political worries showed positive correlations with scores from the social desirability questionnaire, whereas social-evaluation worries showed negative correlations. Second, endorsements of socio-political worries increased under social desirability-provoking instructions, whereas those of social-evaluation worries decreased. However, all correlations between self-reported worry and social-desirability scores were rather small. Moreover, in absolute terms, socio-political worries did not show any greater social-desirability bias than social-evaluation worries. Implications for self-report measures of socio-political worries (e.g. environmental worry, worry about technological risks) and directions for future research are discussed.
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However, all correlations between self-reported worry and social-desirability scores were rather small. Moreover, in absolute terms, socio-political worries did not show any greater social-desirability bias than social-evaluation worries. Implications for self-report measures of socio-political worries (e.g. environmental worry, worry about technological risks) and directions for future research are discussed.</p></abstract><textClass><keywords scheme="keyword"><list><head>Keywords</head><item><term>Worry</term></item><item><term>Social desirability</term></item><item><term>Impression management</term></item><item><term>Socio-political concerns</term></item><item><term>Environmental concerns</term></item><item><term>Risk analysis</term></item></list></keywords></textClass></profileDesc><revisionDesc><change when="2000-07-04">Modified</change><change when="2001">Published</change></revisionDesc></teiHeader></istex:fulltextTEI><json:item><extension>txt</extension><original>false</original><mimetype>text/plain</mimetype><uri>https://api.istex.fr/document/B1C775F213590C19B50EBF5219695D3B4BD10CD8/fulltext/txt</uri></json:item></fulltext><metadata><istex:metadataXml wicri:clean="Elsevier, elements deleted: ce:floats; body; tail"><istex:xmlDeclaration>version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"</istex:xmlDeclaration><istex:docType PUBLIC="-//ES//DTD journal article DTD version 4.5.2//EN//XML" URI="art452.dtd" name="istex:docType"></istex:docType><istex:document><converted-article version="4.5.2" docsubtype="fla"><item-info><jid>PAID</jid><aid>1894</aid><ce:pii>S0191-8869(00)00165-3</ce:pii><ce:doi>10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00165-3</ce:doi><ce:copyright type="full-transfer" year="2001">Elsevier Science Ltd</ce:copyright></item-info><head><ce:title>Worry and social desirability: opposite relationships for socio-political and social-evaluation worries</ce:title><ce:author-group><ce:author><ce:given-name>Joachim</ce:given-name><ce:surname>Stöber</ce:surname><ce:cross-ref refid="AFFA"><ce:sup>a</ce:sup></ce:cross-ref><ce:cross-ref refid="CORR1">*</ce:cross-ref><ce:e-address>stoeber@paedagogik.uni-halle.de</ce:e-address></ce:author><ce:author><ce:given-name>Uwe</ce:given-name><ce:surname>Wolfradt</ce:surname><ce:cross-ref refid="AFFB"><ce:sup>b</ce:sup></ce:cross-ref></ce:author><ce:affiliation id="AFFA"><ce:label>a</ce:label><ce:textfn>Department of Psychology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, D-17487 Greifswald Germany</ce:textfn></ce:affiliation><ce:affiliation id="AFFB"><ce:label>b</ce:label><ce:textfn>Department of Psychology, Martin Luther University of Halle, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany</ce:textfn></ce:affiliation><ce:correspondence id="CORR1"><ce:label>*</ce:label><ce:text>Corresponding author at present address: Department of Educational Psychology, Martin Luther University of Halle, Franckesche Stiftungen, Haus 5, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany. 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A sample of 155 students responded to self-report questionnaires on worry and social desirability, first under standard instructions and then under social desirability-provoking instructions (imaginary job-application instructions). As expected, results showed opposite relationships for socio-political and social-evaluation worries. First, socio-political worries showed positive correlations with scores from the social desirability questionnaire, whereas social-evaluation worries showed negative correlations. Second, endorsements of socio-political worries increased under social desirability-provoking instructions, whereas those of social-evaluation worries decreased. However, all correlations between self-reported worry and social-desirability scores were rather small. Moreover, in absolute terms, socio-political worries did not show any greater social-desirability bias than social-evaluation worries. 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In particular, it addresses the question of whether socio-political worries (i.e. worries about societal or environmental problems) show a different relationship with social desirability than worries related to one's social-evaluative self-concept (i.e. worries about one's own relationships, future, work, or finances). A sample of 155 students responded to self-report questionnaires on worry and social desirability, first under standard instructions and then under social desirability-provoking instructions (imaginary job-application instructions). As expected, results showed opposite relationships for socio-political and social-evaluation worries. First, socio-political worries showed positive correlations with scores from the social desirability questionnaire, whereas social-evaluation worries showed negative correlations. Second, endorsements of socio-political worries increased under social desirability-provoking instructions, whereas those of social-evaluation worries decreased. However, all correlations between self-reported worry and social-desirability scores were rather small. Moreover, in absolute terms, socio-political worries did not show any greater social-desirability bias than social-evaluation worries. Implications for self-report measures of socio-political worries (e.g. environmental worry, worry about technological risks) and directions for future research are discussed.</abstract><note type="content">Table 1: Socio-political and social-evaluation worries: correlations with social desirability and differences between standard and social-desirability provoking instructionsa</note><subject><genre>Keywords</genre><topic>Worry</topic><topic>Social desirability</topic><topic>Impression management</topic><topic>Socio-political concerns</topic><topic>Environmental concerns</topic><topic>Risk analysis</topic></subject><relatedItem type="host"><titleInfo><title>Personality and Individual Differences</title></titleInfo><titleInfo type="abbreviated"><title>PAID</title></titleInfo><genre type="journal">journal</genre><originInfo><dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">20010905</dateIssued></originInfo><identifier type="ISSN">0191-8869</identifier><identifier type="PII">S0191-8869(00)X0081-5</identifier><part><date>20010905</date><detail type="volume"><number>31</number><caption>vol.</caption></detail><detail type="issue"><number>4</number><caption>no.</caption></detail><extent unit="issue pages"><start>471</start><end>650</end></extent><extent unit="pages"><start>605</start><end>613</end></extent></part></relatedItem><identifier type="istex">B1C775F213590C19B50EBF5219695D3B4BD10CD8</identifier><identifier type="DOI">10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00165-3</identifier><identifier type="PII">S0191-8869(00)00165-3</identifier><accessCondition type="use and reproduction" contentType="copyright">©2001 Elsevier Science Ltd</accessCondition><recordInfo><recordContentSource>ELSEVIER</recordContentSource><recordOrigin>Elsevier Science Ltd, ©2001</recordOrigin></recordInfo></mods></metadata><serie></serie></istex></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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