TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring direct and indirect aggression
T2 - Is there a response bias?
AU - Gregoski, Mat
AU - Malone, Wendi A.
AU - Richardson, Deborah South
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Critics of self-report methods suggest that participants are likely to underreport their own negative behaviors given concerns about social desirability. The current study examined the problem of self-report bias by comparing individuals' estimates of their own and others' aggressive behavior. Undergraduate students (95 women, 50 men) completed the Richardson Conflict Response Questionnaire with regard to either their own behavior or that of another person of the same sex. As expected, participants reported significantly less aggression for themselves than for others. However, self and other ratings showed the same pattern of sex differences. These results suggest that, although individuals may underreport their own aggressive behaviors, this tendency may not affect relationships among variables.
AB - Critics of self-report methods suggest that participants are likely to underreport their own negative behaviors given concerns about social desirability. The current study examined the problem of self-report bias by comparing individuals' estimates of their own and others' aggressive behavior. Undergraduate students (95 women, 50 men) completed the Richardson Conflict Response Questionnaire with regard to either their own behavior or that of another person of the same sex. As expected, participants reported significantly less aggression for themselves than for others. However, self and other ratings showed the same pattern of sex differences. These results suggest that, although individuals may underreport their own aggressive behaviors, this tendency may not affect relationships among variables.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=29544445289&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=29544445289&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2466/pr0.97.2.563-566
DO - 10.2466/pr0.97.2.563-566
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16342585
AN - SCOPUS:29544445289
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 97
SP - 563
EP - 566
JO - Psychological reports
JF - Psychological reports
IS - 2
ER -