Agreeing response set and social desirability.

This is a rejoiner to 2 papers (see 36: 3HF73E, 3HF80E) which suggest that "social desirability set" had been confounded with an "agreeing response set"; Couch and Keniston attempted to confirm or reject this assumption. Factor analysis of responses to MMPI scales, Edwards' Social Desirability scale (SD), and Couch and Keniston's scale measuring agreement response set (OAS), indicated that SD and OAS responses sorted out into separate, orthogonally related factors. Moreover, a 3rd factor was discerned, suggesting that SD is measuring the admission or denial of anxiety rather than conformity to conventional values. Further research was called for to confirm the findings. From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:3HF75C. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)