3. Do the particular research purposes suggest that some of the items should be relatively negative in social desirability? The BSRI, PAQ, SRBS. and PRF ANDRO all contain only items that have a relatively high level of social desirability. Baucom's measure and the ACL scales contain a mixture of socially desirable and undesirable items. The Extended Personal Attributes Questionnaire (EPAQ) (Spence, Helmreich, & Holahan, 1979, see PAQ review) contains subscales designed specifically to tap certain negative characteristics.