Jp. Rolland, SOCIAL DESIRABILITY OF BIG-5 PERSONALITY ADJECTIVE MARKERS - STAKE VSNO-STAKE CONDITIONS, European review of applied psychology, 44(1), 1994, pp. 65-71
This paper reports results concerning effects of situation (stake vs n
o-stake) and of answer format (normative vs ipsative) on self descript
ions. In the situation with no stake, perceived desirability of descri
ptors does not affect self descriptions. In the situation involving an
important stake, despite an ipsative answer format, self descriptions
are distorted in the perceived desirable direction. This distortion a
ffects equally and moderately the five dimensions.