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Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) Test

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Understand how strongly someone seeks approval and fits social expectations in about 3 minutes. This 20 item scale helps spot response bias, improving research, hiring, and therapy insights.
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October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
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6/20
Need for Approval (NfA)
Measures how strongly a person seeks others' approval and tends to conform to social expectations in their self-presentation.
Low approval need
Moderate approval need
High approval need
0 – 6: Low approval need | 7 – 13: Moderate approval need | 14 – 20: High approval need
A score of 6 suggests relatively low dependence on external approval, indicating more independent self-presentation and less susceptibility to social pressure.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Job applicants and candidates
41%OF USERS
People interviewing or being assessed for roles take it to see whether they tend to give “ideal” answers and how much impression management may affect their responses.
Therapy and counseling clients
34%OF USERS
People in psychotherapy or personal counseling use it to understand how strongly the need to be liked shapes their self-image and openness.
Researchers and survey participants
25%OF USERS
People in studies or questionnaires take it so results can be interpreted with an eye on possible socially desirable responding.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
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Approval Needs Scale (ANS)
Approval Needs Scale (ANS)
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13.5
Normal range
10.8 — 16.2
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Please read each of the statements below carefully. If you consider a statement to be true and consistent with your typical behavior, respond “Yes.” If it is not true, respond “No.”
    • Yes
    • No
    • Yes
    • No
    • Yes
    • No
These are 3 of the 20 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.
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Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale Test

Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) Test - Symptoms and Signs

social desirability

This brief self-report measure is used to estimate the tendency to respond in a socially desirable manner. The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) helps clinicians and researchers evaluate potential response bias related to impression management and approval seeking.

The instrument consists of 20 items and typically requires about 3 minutes to complete. Items describe common behaviors and attitudes, and respondents indicate whether each statement is true or false for them. Scores are commonly interpreted as an index of socially desirable responding that may affect the validity of other self-report data.

Originally developed by Douglas P. Crowne and David Marlowe, the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) is often used as a supplemental measure in clinical assessment, research, and other settings where response distortion is a concern. Results should be considered in context and integrated with other clinical and psychometric information.

Author: David Marlowe, Douglas P. Crowne
Literature: Paulhus, D. L. Measurement and control of response bias. In J. P. Robinson, P. R. Shaver, & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. Academic Press. 1991.; Crowne, D. P., & Marlowe, D. The approval motive: Studies in evaluative dependence. Wiley. 1964.; Nederhof, A. J. Methods of coping with social desirability bias: A review. European Journal of Social Psychology. 1985.
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