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The topic of the present study is social desirability predicting factors of the 18 - 25 age group. Taking into consideration an obvious lack of scientific research data on a present topic and fact that social desirability has never been researched in Latvia, present study focuses on a social desirability phenomenon. Social desirability can be defined in two different ways, first defines social desirability as a tendency to give socially accepted responses in a context of psychological testing, second one as a personality trait which influence is wider than just the world of psychological testing. Present study states social desirability as personality trait and self-esteem, assertiveness, trait anxiety and sex are supposed to be social desirability predicting factors. The aim of the study: To research social desirability predicting factors of the 18 - 25 age group (assertiveness, self-esteem trait-anxiety, sex). According to the aim of the study, the fallowing research question was asked: Are trait anxiety, self-esteem, assertiveness and sex social desirability predicting factors? In order to answer the question of the research various psychological measurement instruments were used. The results indicate that assertiveness and trait anxiety are social desirability predicting factors, but self-esteem and sex are not social desirability predicting factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]