SAGE Journal Articles

Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Journal Article 8.1: Lavi, I., & Slone, M. (2011). Resilience and Political Violence: A Cross-Cultural Study of Moderating Effects Among Jewish- and Arab-Israeli Youth. Youth & Society, 43(3), 845-872.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. How did the researchers construct their survey instrument?
  2. Analyze the questionnaire given typical design considerations.
  3. Why was it important for interviewers to read the survey out loud?
  4. What was the rationale behind interviewing both mother and child?

 

Journal Article 8.2: Holtgraves, T. (2004). Social desirability and self-reports: Testing models of socially desirable responding. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(2), 161-172.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. What is social desirability and how does it impact self-report measures?
  2. Discuss the retrieval and evaluation stages of self-report.
  3. What is response faking?
  4. How does self-deception relate to social desirability?