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PERSONALITY PROCESSES AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ‘Two-Component Models of Socially Desirable Responding Delroy L. Paulhus University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ‘A recent two-factor model of socially desirable responding based on denial and attribution components was reviewed and disputed. A second model distinguishing self-deception and impression management components as reviewed and shown 10 be related to early factorsanalytic work on desirability scales. Two studies were ‘conducted to test the model. A factor analysis of commonly used desirability scales revealed that the two major factors were best interpreted as Self-Deception and Impression Management. A second study employed confirmatory factor analysis to show that the attrbution/denial model does not fit the data as well as the selF- eration in foreed compliance. Journal of Personality and Social Psjchlogy 43, 838-852, Pauthus, D.L. (1983). Spherespeciic measures of per- ‘ezied contol, Journal of Personality and Social Psy= chology 44, 1333-1265. Pauthus, D.L., & Campbell, J. (1983). The assessment “of individual ferences in seldeeption and impression ‘management. Unpublished manuscript, University of Brish Columbia, Vancouver Paulus, D-L., & Christi, R. (1981). Spheres of contrat 609 ‘A interactionist approach to assessment of perceived control in H. M. Lefeourt (Ed), Research with the Toes of coniral construct (Nol. , pp. 161-188). Now York: Academic Press. Ramanaiah, N.V, & Martin, H. J. (1980) On the t90- ‘dimensions nature of the Markwe-Crowne soil de ‘icabiiy scale, Journal of Personality Assessment, 44, 507-515 Rogers, TB. (1974). An analysis of two central stages ‘underlying responding to personality items: The sel ‘ferent decision and response selection. Journal of Re- search in Prsonaiy 8. 128-138. Sackeim, H. A. (1983). Sel-deception, self-esteem, and ‘depression: The adaptive value offing to oneself. In 51 Masing (Ed), Empncal studies of pechoanastical theories (Val. pp. 101-187), Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, Suckeim, H. A, & Gus, RC. (1978), Self-dception, sel ‘xnfronation, and consciousness In G.E, Sehwarte & . Shapiro (E45). Consciousness and seffreglaion “Advances in research (Val. 2, pp. 139-197). New York Plenum Pres Sackeim, H. A, & Gur, R. (1979). Se-dception, other ‘deception, and self-reported psychopathology. Journal of Consuling and Clinical Pychology. 47, 213-215. Schlenker, BR (1980) epresion management The sl cancep, socal ideity and intemersonal relations Monterey, CA: Brooks-Cole. ‘Snyder M1974), Sel monitoring of expressive behaviog Journal of Personality and Socal Psychology, 30,526 337, Strickland, B.R. (1977). Approval motivation, In, Blas (Ed), Personality variables m socal behavior (pp. 315- 356), New York: Ertbaum, ‘Taylor J.B. Carihers, M., & Coyne, L (1976). MMPI Performance, response Set, and the “self-concept” y- pothesis, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psycho 14, 331-362, Test A.,& Paulhus, DL (1983). The definition of set Private and pubis

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