Socially desirable responding and personality in different conditions of anonymity

Cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi postoje li razlike u odgovaranju sudionika s obzirom na različite metode ispunjavanja upitnika (online, papir olovka) i na različite uvjete anonimnosti (anonimno, neanonimno). U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 182 sudionika koji su bili studenti Sveučilišta u Splitu, od kojih je 103 bilo ženskog, a 79 muškog spola. Prosječna dob sudionika iznosila je 22,08. Razlike u odgovaranju mjerile su se izraženošću socijalno poželjnog odgovaranja i razlikama u osobinama ličnosti. Korišteni upitnik socijalno poželjnog odgovaranja je Sveobuhvatni inventar socijalno poželjnog odgovaranja - CIDR (Paulhus, 2006). Kratki upitnik mračne trijade (Jones i Paulhus, 2014) korišten je kao mjera osobina ličnosti. Putem dozvole profesora za ustupanje prvih petnaest minuta predavanja dolazilo se do sudionika koji su upitnike ispunjavali papir olovka metodom, dok se do sudionika koji su ispunjavali online metodom dolazilo putem e-mail grupa. U svakoj toj skupini slučajnim su odabirom sudionici bili raspoređeni u anonimni i neanonimni uvjet. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da se s obzirom na uvjet anonimnosti razlikuju odgovori na skali osnaživanja djelotvornosti gdje sudionici više izražene socijalno poželjne odgovore daju u neanonimnim uvjetima. S obzirom na metodu nije pronađena ni jedna značajna razlika u skalama CIDR-a. Interakcija metode i anonimnosti značajna je na skali upravljanja djelotvornošću na način da je u papir olovka metodi značajno veći porast davanja socijalno poželjnih odgovora u neanonimnom uvjetu u odnosu na anonimni nego je u online metodi ispunjavanja. Na skalama Kratkog upitnika mračne trijade s obzirom na metodu su pronađene razlike u skali makijavelizma gdje sudionici izraženije odgovore daju u papir olovka metodi. U rezultatima istraživanja su ispitane te prikazane i međusobne korelacije skala, te razlike u odgovaranju s obzirom na spol.The aim of the research was to examine differences in responding using various methods (online and paper-pencil questionnaire) and conditions of anonymity (anonymously, nonanonymously). The study included 182 participants who were students of the University of Split, of whom 103 were female and 79 were male. The average age of participants was 22.08. The differences in responding were measured by the expression of socially desirable responding and differences in personality traits. Socially desirable responding was measured with Comprehensive Inventory of Socially Desirable Responding - CIDR (Paulhus, 2006). Short Dark Triad – SD3 (Jones and Paulhus, 2014) was used as a measure of personality traits. Participants completed paper-pencil questionnaires in the first fifteen minutes of lecture. Participants included in online method received link to it on their e-mail groups. In each of these groups, by random selection, the participants were placed in an anonymous and unanonymous condition. The results of the research have shown that, considering the condition of anonymity, there are differences in responsiveness on the agentic enhancement scale where participants express more socially desirable responses in unanonymous terms. No significant difference was found in the CIDR scales considering the method. The interaction of the method and the anonymity is significant on the agentic management scale in a way that the pencil paper method significantly increases the delivery of socially desirable responses in the non-anonymous condition than the anonymous, comparing with online method. On the scales of the Short Dark Triad, regarding the method, differences on machiavellianism scale were found where participants gave more pronounced responses in paper-pencil method than in online method. In the results section the correlation between the scales and gender differences were investigated and demonstrated