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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for KSE-G items and subscales

From: An English-Language Adaptation of the Social Desirability–Gamma Short Scale (KSE-G)

 

M

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

α

Ω

r tt

Item

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

UK

DE

PQ+

3.55

3.67

0.73

0.68

− 0.23

− 0.20

− 0.13

− 0.36

.65

.70

.67

.70

.64

.72

 1

3.40

3.46

0.93

0.89

− 0.28

− 0.31

− 0.47

−  0.32

      

 2

3.47

3.57

1.05

0.89

− 0.42

− 0.20

− 0.52

−  0.54

      

 3

3.77

3.96

0.88

0.81

− 0.37

−  0.54

− 0.45

0.04

      

NQ−

1.90

2.12

0.93

0.89

1.29

0.87

1.07

0.48

.79

.69

.79

.69

.64

.67

 4

2.25

2.30

1.19

1.09

0.75

0.56

− 0.32

− 0.46

      

 5

1.76

2.11

1.10

1.25

1.44

0.85

1.22

− 0.48

      

 6

1.69

1.94

1.04

1.04

1.46

1.03

1.23

0.47

      
  1. Note. UK = United Kingdom (N = 468; retest: N = 111); DE = Germany (N = 474; retest: N = 117); PQ+ = exaggerating positive qualities; NQ− = minimizing negative qualities. The time interval between test and retest ranged between three to four weeks (MdnUK = 28 days; MdnDE = 20 days)
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