New Evidence of a Favorability Effect upon Scores on the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale

Authors

Elaine Taylor, State University of Iowa
I. E. Farber, State University of IowaFollow
R. P. Farber, State University of Iowa

Document Type

Research

Abstract

It has been recently suggested that scores on Dr. Janet Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale (6) may be influenced by a favorability factor. This factor involves the social evaluation of an item by a subject and his attempt to answer the item in such a manner as to place himself in a socially favorable light. Such a response set may cause a subject to select an item, not only for its adequacy as a description of himself, but also because it may make him look well.

Publication Date

1953

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

60

Issue

1

First Page

562

Last Page

565

Copyright

©1953 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Taylor, Elaine; Farber, I. E.; and Farber, R. P. (1953) "New Evidence of a Favorability Effect upon Scores on the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 60(1), 562-565.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol60/iss1/77