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Social desirability and self-reported anxiety in children: An analysis of the RCMAS lie scale

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Dadds, Mark R., Perrin, Sean, Yule, William·1998·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

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There are important applied and theoretical reasons for research into the association between social desirability and self-reported anxiety in young people. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between anxiety and social desirability in a large normative sample of 7- to 14-year-olds (N = 1,786). Participants completed the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale and their teachers rated children as anxious-not anxious according to specified descriptions. Results indicated that anxiety and lie scores do not correlate for either gender or age grouping. However, anxiety scores interacted with lie scores differently for males and females in terms of the agreement between children's and teacher's ratings of anxiety. Indications are that social desirability levels may in part explain the consistent discrepancies found between child and adult reports of anxiety in young people.

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Authors
Dadds, M. R., Perrin, S., & Yule, W.
Affiliations
  • Griffith University (AU)
  • University of London (GB)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Published
1998-08
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
311-317
ISSN
  • 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2835
OpenAlex
W2107705331
Cited by
120
References
29
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2.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
social desirability, self-reported anxiety, children, Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, teacher ratings, gender differences, age differences, normative sample
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Child, Female, Humans, Deception, Male, Manifest Anxiety Scale, Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Social Desirability, Reproducibility of Results, Bias

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