Abstract
Social desirability ratings of 114 trait-descriptive adjectives were obtained from a sample of 465 ninthand twelfth-grade high-school students. Norms for the total sample and for subgroups reflecting the variables of sex, grade level, IQ, socioeconomic status, achievement level, and discipline status, were determined. Correlational analyses demonstrated a high degree of consistency in the relative ordering of trait-descriptive adjectives across the various subgroups. Based on small sample and nonparametric analyses, however, numerous absolute and stylistic differences among subgroups were found, involving extremity versus constriction of ratings, elevation versus depression of ratings and variability of ratings.
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