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However, as the content of both items appeared to be of importance to patient-centeredness self-efficacy and the values only just exceeded the criteria for DIF, we retained the two items in Factor 3. Response bias is the tendency to respond in an anticipated (socially desirable) manner to certain items [ 58].
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This might have increased response bias if participants felt the need to respond in a socially desirable manner in order to obtain their extra credit.
First, the study results may be biased by participants responding in a socially desirable manner in order to present themselves in a positive light, particularly if they were interviewed in the presence of family members or neighbors.
Furthermore, the group-oriented setting might have encouraged participants to respond in a socially desirable manner, although we attempted to reduce this by having a moderator skilled at working with children in this type of setting.
First, some participants may have been reluctant to disclose problems in areas that are highly valued (i.e., relationship stress) or that carry social stigma (i.e., family substance abuse), especially given the general trend for Latinos to respond in a socially desirable manner (e.g., relative to non-Latino whites; 68).
Self-reports about sexual interest are the diagnostic standard in Western Europe, irrespective of its insufficient validity and reliability due to the tendency of participants to answer in a socially desirable manner [ 21].
This corresponds to the eye tracking results demonstrating that the patient looked longer at images of women after ADT and, as already discussed above, could imply a better ability to control the own behavior and to answer in a socially desirable manner.
However, additional questions were included to control for the tendency of patients to response in a socially desirable manner, and separate subgroup analyses were conducted.
For example, user can draw the arrows and nodes ("Arrow animation" mode) or bars (in "Bar animation" mode) to arrange the graphic objects in desirable manner.
This person-machine interaction eliminates the need for respondents to reply in a socially desirable manner, as would be the case in FTF interviewing.
Also, the fact that most participants describe SMBG as a valuable self-management tool can potentially be due do wanting to respond in a socially desirable manner.
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