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Psychometric properties of the Socially Desirable Response Set-5 among incarcerated male and female juvenile offenders

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 49; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.05.003

1873-6386

Pedro Pechorro, Lara Ayala‐Nunes, João Pedro Oliveira, Cristina Nunes, Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves,

Education Discipline and Inequality

The main aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Socially Desirable Response Set-5 (SDRS-5) among a forensic sample (N = 324) of incarcerated male (n = 221) and female (n = 103) juvenile offenders. The Portuguese validation of the SDRS-5 demonstrated good psychometric properties, namely in terms of its factor structure, internal consistency, convergent validity, and discriminant validity that overall justifies its use among this population. Findings are discussed in terms of the use of the SDRS-5 with male and female juvenile offenders.