Mw. Eysenck et J. Wild, TRAIT ANXIETY, SOCIAL DESIRABILITY AND CROSS-SITUATIONAL VARIABILITY, Personality and individual differences, 21(2), 1996, pp. 231-234
Measures of trait anxiety, social desirability, and cross-situational
variability were obtained with both self-reports and ratings. There wa
s a highly significant positive correlation between self-reported and
rated cross-situational variability. High trait anxiety and low social
desirability were associated with high self-reported cross-situationa
l variability. However, neither trait anxiety nor social desirability
was associated with rated cross-situational variability. Reasons for t
he discrepancy between the findings with self-report and rating data a
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