Acquiescence, Social Desirability and Inhibition Reflected by “Response Set” Scales

Yeasayers and naysayers: Agreeing response set as a personality variable.

Arthur S. Couch, Kenneth Keniston · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1960 · 677 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +10

The relationship between the judged desirability of a trait and the probability that the trait will be endorsed.

Allen L. Edwards · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1953 · 614 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +15

Agreeing response set and social desirability.

Arthur S. Couch, Kenneth Keniston · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1961 · 46 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +6

A Generalization of Kuder-Richardson Reliability Formula 21

Harold Webster · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 1960 · 16 citations

Education, Educational Measurement, Fault-tolerant Systems +6

A note on the Couch and Keniston measure of agreement response set.

A. L. Edwards, J. N. Walker · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1961 · 15 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +7