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Social Desirability Scale

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Publications - Parenting Across Cultures parentingacrosscultures.org Parenting Across Cultures Apr 25, 2025 13 facts

referenceThe study 'Parenting practices and child misbehavior: A mixed method study of Italian mothers and children' by Bombi, A. S., Di Norcia, A., Di Giunta, L., Pastorelli, C., & Lansford, J. E. (2015) utilized the 'Extended Concerns and Constraints' scale, 'Social Desirability Scale', 'Physical Punishment' scale, 'Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form', and 'Behavior Frequency Scale' to assess parenting practices and child behavior in Italian families.

referenceJennifer E. Lansford edited a special issue of Parenting: Science and Practice titled 'Parenting attributions and attitudes around the world,' which utilized the Parental Modernity scale, the Parents’ Attribution Test, and the Social Desirability Scale.

referenceThe study 'Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports' by Bornstein, M. H., et al. (2015) examined socially desirable responding in mothers and fathers across nine countries using the 'Parental Acceptance/Rejection-Control Questionnaire-Short Form' and the 'Social Desirability Scale'.

referenceS. Tapanya published a study titled 'Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Thailand' in the journal Parenting: Science and Practice in 2011, which utilized the Parental Modernity, Parents’ Attribution Test, and Social Desirability Scale for Wave 1 mothers and fathers.

referenceThe study 'Parenting attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in China' by Chang, Chen, and Ji (2011) utilized data from the Parenting Across Cultures project, specifically the Parental Modernity scale, Parents’ Attribution Test, and Social Desirability Scale collected during Wave 1.

referenceE. Sorbring and S. Gurdal published a study titled 'Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Sweden' in the journal Parenting: Science and Practice in 2011, which utilized the Parental Modernity, Parents’ Attribution Test, and Social Desirability Scale for Wave 1 mothers and fathers.

referenceThe special issue 'Parenting attributions and attitudes around the world' edited by Jennifer E. Lansford (2011) utilized the Parental Modernity scale, Parents’ Attribution Test, and Social Desirability Scale (Wave 1) to measure parenting perspectives.

claimThe Parenting Across Cultures project research utilized the 'Social Desirability Scale' to assess mothers and fathers during Wave 1 of data collection.

referenceLansford and Bornstein (2011) introduced a special issue of Parenting: Science and Practice focused on parenting attributions and attitudes in diverse cultural contexts, utilizing the Parental Modernity scale, the Parents’ Attribution Test, and the Social Desirability Scale.

procedureThe 'Social Desirability Scale' was used to collect data from mothers and fathers during wave 1 in the study of parental acceptance-rejection and child prosocial behavior.

referenceDi Giunta, Uribe Tirado, and Márquez (2011) examined the attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Colombia using the Parental Modernity scale, the Parents’ Attribution Test, and the Social Desirability Scale.

referenceP. O. Oburu published a study titled 'Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Kenya' in the journal Parenting: Science and Practice in 2011, which utilized the Parental Modernity, Parents’ Attribution Test, Social Desirability Scale, and Parental Acceptance-Rejection Control Questionnaire for Wave 1 mothers and fathers.

referenceLansford et al. (2011) examined the attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in the United States using the Parental Modernity scale, the Parents’ Attribution Test, and the Social Desirability Scale.