Crowne & Marlowe (1960). A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 24, 349-354. (I/II) The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale was created by Psychology researchers Douglas P. Crowne, and David Marlowe and published in the August 1960s’ 24th edition of the Journal of Consulting Psychology (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960). The purpose of the scale is to measure the tendency of individuals to give socially desirable responses (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960). As a note: The full 33-item scale is available within the published article (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960). Free access to the published article can be obtained through utilizing Salem College’s access to the PSYCArticles database, which …show more content…
(II/III)Through the utilization of a “multitrait-multimethod matrix” scores were viewed and then analyzed by “principal-components analysis”. (III)The traits that arose as important in the relationships were social desirability and adjustment, however, when looking at the matrix weak evidence was provided for discriminant and convergent validity. (V)Overall, the researchers concluded that the results of their study indicated that “usefulness of considering the two constructs” independently. This will benefit my annotated bibliography because it showcases how the Marlowe-Crowne results can be compared with the results of personality tests and then analyzed. It also introduced the idea of considering adjustment and social desirability independently from one …show more content…
The current scales--the “stage of change scales”--that measure treatment motivation have been heavily critiqued on its poor predictive validity related to treatment retention. (II)Zemore explores the role that social desirability may have in the relationship between treatment retention and stage of change scales--utilizing the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale along the the stage of change scales and 200 participants. (V)The research found that social desirability plays a significant role in augmenting the stage of change-treatment attendance relationship. This will be useful in my annotated bibliography because it demonstrates the relationship that social desirability has in substance abuse treatment; which showcases that social desirability is not just something that affects social relationships but also has a role in things like motivation for