College Student Identity and Attitudes Toward Gays and Lesbians Page: 65

                                
Social Desirability Scale, Short Form, (M-C 1(10); Strahan & Gerbasi, 1972)

Darken the box of the best response for you.
1) I'm always willing to admit it when I make a mistake.
2) I always try to practice what I preach.
3) I never resent being asked to return a favor.
4) I have never been irked when people expressed ideas very
different from my own.
5) I have never deliberately said something to hurt
someone's feelings.
6) I like to gossip at times.
7) There have been occasions when I took advantage
of someone.
8) I sometimes try to get even rather than forgive and forget.
9) At times I have really insisted on having things my own way.
10) There have been occasions when I felt like smashing things.
11) I never hesitate to go out of my way to help
someone in trouble.
12) I have never intensely disliked anyone.
13) When I don't know something I don't at all mind admitting it.
14) I am always courteous, even to people who are disagreeable.
15) I would never think of letting someone else be punished for
my wrong doings.
16) I sometimes feel resentful when I don't get my way.
17) There have been times when I felt like rebelling against
people in authority even though I knew they were right.
18) I can remember "playing sick" to get out of something.

True
True
True
True

False
False
False
False

True     Fals

True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True

IFa se
FsEid
False
False
False
FsER
FsEid
FsE~d
FsE~d
FsE~d
FsE~d

True      Fals

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