SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2020
Social Desirability in Environmental Psychology Research: Three Meta-Analyses.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Unraveling honest responding: a systematic review on the effectiveness of social desirability bias reduction methods in survey research.Quality & quantity · 2026Article
- Challenging Unsustainable Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study of Nurses' and Midwives' Attitudes Toward Sustainability and Climate.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- From clicks to contributions: how environmental identity and impression management shape university students' organizational citizenship behavior for the environment.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Awareness of obesity's causes is not linked to less Weight-Related bias.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Does behaving green influence how we feel? pro-environmental behaviour and subjective well-being.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- On the Importance of Field Studies for Testing Theory-Driven Behavioral Change Interventions in (Sustainable) Tourism.Journal of travel research · 2025Article
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Abstract
That social desirability might be a confounder of people's survey responses regarding environmental actions has been discussed for a long time. To produce evidence for or against this assumption, we conducted meta-analyses of correlations between social desirability scales and self-reports of environmentally relevant behaviors, intentions, and (broadly defined) attitudes, based on data from 29 previously published papers. The pooled correlations with social desirability are generally small, ranging from 0.06 to 0.11 (0.08-0.13 when correcting for measurement error attenuation). However, our results do not lead to the conclusion that social desirability can be completely disregarded by environmental psychologists as a potential confounder. For example, we found evidence of substantial heterogeneity across studies, so the effect of social desirability may be more pronounced in specific cases. Continued attention to social desirability bias is needed to fully understand its possible subtle effects.
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