The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale and Social Desirability

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and social desirability (Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale), with a sample of nonclinical high school students (N = 78). Findings support the concurrent validity of the RCMAS' Lie Scale as a measure of social desirability. The pattern of variable correlates indicated that higher levels of male social desirability is significantly related to lower levels of self-report anxiety, while a significant relationship between these measures was not found for females.