Table 1.
Exploratory (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) derived Absolute and Comparative fit measures of original and short form versions of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS)
| RMSEA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s/n | Factor | n | χ2 | SRMR | estimate | 90% CI | CFI | TLI | |
| 1 | 32-item | One factor | 2988 | 3777.5* | 0.960 | 0.0490 | 0.047, 0.050 | 0.682 | 0.660 |
| 2 | 32-item (Paulhus and Reid, 1989) | Two factors | 2988 | 4920.3* | 0.111 | 0.0570 | 0.055, 0.058 | 0.572 | 0.545 |
| 3 | 11-item (short-form A; Reynolds, 1982) | One factor | 2988 | 421.8* | 0.073 | 0.0540 | 0.049, 0.058 | 0.849 | 0.812 |
| 4 | 12-item (short-form B; Reynolds, 1982) | One factor | 2988 | 523.9* | 0.075 | 0.0540 | 0.050, 0.058 | 0.844 | 0.810 |
| 5 | 13-item (short-form C; Reynolds, 1982) | One factor | 2988 | 703.4* | 0.081 | 0.0570 | 0.054, 0.061 | 0.816 | 0.779 |
| 6 | 20-item (short-form XX; Strahan and Gerbasi, 1972) | One factor | 2988 | 1387.3* | 0.090 | 0.0490 | 0.047, 0.051 | 0.770 | 0.743 |
| 7 | 10-item (short-form X1; Strahan and Gerbasi, 1972) | One factor | 2988 | 280.9* | 0.074 | 0.0480 | 0.043, 0.054 | 0.826 | 0.777 |
| 8 | 10-item (short-form X2; Strahan and Gerbasi, 1972) | One factor | 2988 | 267.2* | 0.073 | 0.0470 | 0.042, 0.052 | 0.834 | 0.786 |
| 9 | 14-itema (Ramanaiah et al., 1977) | Two factors | 2988 | 886.3* | 0.095 | 0.0600 | 0.056, 0.063 | 0.678 | 0.614 |
| 10 | 21-item | Two factors (CLI, & IIM) | 1494a | 481.7* | 0.068 | 0.032 | 0.029, 0.036 | 0.915 | 0.905 |
| 11 | 21-item | Two factors (CLI, & IIM) | 2988 | 812.5* | 0.061 | 0.033 | 0.031, 0.036 | 0.917 | 0.907 |
| 12 | 21-item | Two factors (CLI, & IIM) | 1494a | 418.9* | 0.060 | 0.031 | 0.028, 0.035 | 0.931 | 0.914 |
note: s/n 1–11 denote parameter estimates from CFA; s/n 12 denote parameter estimates from EFA; item 1 was removed from all analyses due to participants’ concerns; 14-itema: Item 1 was excluded, thus CFA was conducted with the remaining 14 items of the 15-item version by Ramanaiah et al.; CLI: Civil & Lawful Impression; IIB Integrous Image Boosting; the modified 21-item version (s/n 10–12) was based on the final EFA two-factor solution that best fit of current data; 1494a represents the split-half sample size; χ2 refers to the model chi-square result; RMSEA is the root mean square error of approximation; CFI refers to the comparative fit index; TLI refers to Tucker–Lewis index; SRMR is the standardized root mean squared residual index; 90% CI refers to the 90% confidence interval; values indicated with the asterisk * sign represents significant chi-square results;