Ms Prof. Dr. Vaka Vésteinsdóttir
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iceland
Vésteinsdóttir, V., Joinson, A., Reips, U. D., Danielsdottir, H. B., Thorarinsdottir, E. A., & Thorsdottir, F. (2019). Questions on honest responding. Behavior research methods, 51 (2), 811-825. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1121-9
Vésteinsdóttir, V., Steingrimsdottir, E. D., Joinson, A., Reips, U. D., & Thorsdottir, F. (2019). Social Desirability in Spouse Ratings. Psychological reports, 122(2), 593-608. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294118767815
Vésteinsdóttir, V., Reips, U. D., Joinson, A., & Thorsdottir, F. (2017). An item level evaluation of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale using item response theory on Icelandic Internet panel data and cognitive interviews. Personality and Individual Differences, 107, 164-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.023
Vésteinsdóttir, V., Reips, U-D., Joinson, J., & Thorsdottir, F. (2015). Psychometric properties of measurements obtained with the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale in an Icelandic probability based Internet sample. Computers in Human Behavior, 49, 608-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.044
- 2024- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iceland
- 2021-2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iceland; Director of the Psychometric Center of the Institute of Health Sciences (Próffræðistofa Heilbrigðisvísindastofnunar).
- 2019-2021 Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iceland; Project manager at the Psychometric Center of the Institute of Health Sciences (Próffræðistofa Heilbrigðisvísindastofnunar); Director of the Methodology Research Center at the University of Iceland (RAHÍ).
- 2018-2019 Postdoc at the Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz: Research Methods, Assessment, and iScience, chair: Prof. Ulf-Dietrich Reips.
- 2018 Supervision of MS program in social and health psychology at the University of Iceland.
- 2018 Doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Iceland. Thesis title: On methods for dealing with Socially Desirable Responding in Internet Surveys: The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) and the Questions on Honest Responding (QHR) technique.
- 2017 Supervision of panel development for the Methodology Research Center at the University of Iceland (RAHÍ).
- 2008 MA degree in Psychology from the University of Iceland. Thesis title: Samanburður ólíkra mælinga á heiðarleika umsækjenda [Comparison of different measures of applicant honesty].
- 2004 BA degree in Psychology from the University of Iceland. Thesis title: Áhrif raddtíðni og talhraða spyrla á þátttökuhlutfall í símakönnun [The effects of interviewer voice pitch and speed of speech on response rates in phone surveys].
