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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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