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Ethnic Affirmation Versus Social Desirability
Explaining Discrepancies in Bilinguals' Responses to a Questionnaire
Gerardo Marin
University of San Francisco
Harry C. Triandis
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Hector Betancourt
University of California, Los Angeles
Yoshihisa Kashima
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
An analysis was made as to the possible explanations for the fact that bilinguals provide different responses when answering in each of their two languages. Spanish/ English bilinguals answered a paper-and-pencil instrument that contained emic and etic questions. Cultural "anchors"were obtained from a sample of monolingual students, and groups of Hispanic and Anglo psychologists rated the social desirability of all items. The results show that although some differences can be explained in terms of ethnic affirmation, social desirability explains the largest number of differences found.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 2,
173-186 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/0022002183014002003
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