Table 1.

Correlations between the items’ mean ratings and their social desirability indices, for each FFM scale across three inventories

Inventory	IPIP-NEO PI			AB5C			Marker scales
Scale	SfD	IM	PCA1	SfD	IM	PCA1	SfD	IM	PCA1
Extraversion	0.62	0.46	0.74	0.59	0.78	0.84	0.47	0.68	0.72
Agreeableness	0.75	0.59	0.82	0.28	0.39	0.58	0.31	0.66	0.61
Conscientiousness	0.20	0.23	0.47	0.39	0.42	0.59	0.24	0.41	0.53
Emotional stability	0.52	0.19	0.46	0.32	0.42	0.56	0.80	0.83	0.93
Openness	0.26	0.34	0.46	0.44	0.39	0.53	0.60	0.62	0.78

Note: All correlations except 0.24 for Marker scales are significant at the p = 0.001 level; SfD = Self Deception; IM = Impression Management; PCA1 = First principal component