Can detailed instructions and comprehension checks increase the validity of crosswise model estimates?

ABSTRACT: The crosswise model is an indirect questioning technique designed to control for socially desirable responding. Although the technique has delivered promising results in terms of improved validity in survey studies of sensitive issues, recent studies have indicated that the crosswise model may sometimes produce false positives. Hence, we investigated whether an insufficient understanding of the crosswise model instructions might be responsible for these false positives and whether ensuring a deeper understanding of the model and surveying more highly educated respondents reduces the problem of false positives. To this end, we experimentally manipulated the amount of information respondents received in the crosswise model instructions. We compared a crosswise model condition with only brief

SUBMITTER: Meisters J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326177 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature