Secondly, 99% of participants were considered "sincere" in their answers by interviewers, but we cannot exclude that some social desirability bias may have influenced self-reports of some respondents about their sexual behaviours.
The presence of some social desirability bias is likely due to the sensitive topics.
The observed low neuroticism scores might also reflect some social desirability in the responses, as Jerant et al. propose.
The data are self-reported, and there is likely some social desirability bias, which was not measured.
It is therefore likely that the present data retained some social desirability response bias, but it would have been difficult to determine how much and in which groups.
There may have been some social desirability bias in the self-reporting of substance use because the OEND training included messages about reducing use, particularly polysubstance use.
Despite the fact that study participants were assured of anonymity, confidentiality, in responding to the questions, some social desirability bias is likely.
Although face-to-face interviews about socially sensitive information are always subject to some social desirability bias in reporting, the interviews are conducted to encourage openness in a non-judgmental confidential setting.
Finally, in the Korean culture, individuals who have good interpersonal relationships tend to be regarded as having a good personality and virtue, which may lead to some social desirability responding on social functioning items, leading to notable ceiling effects.
Although the statements that served as a proxy to determine nurses' views on the Code of Ethics and the Pledge of Service were phrased carefully to avoid non-reflective responses, the contradictory responses indicate some social desirability bias (36).
