scholarly journals The Lifespan Self-Esteem scale: Initial validation of a new measure of global self-esteem suitable for use with children and adults

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A Harris ◽  
Brent Donnellan ◽  
Kali Trzesniewski
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Scale Characteristics ◽  
Item Content

This paper introduces the Lifespan Self-Esteem scale (LSE; a 4-item measure with a 5-point smilie face response format), a short measure of global self-esteem suitable for use with populations drawn from across the lifespan. Existing measures of global self-esteem cannot be used across multiple developmental periods due to changes in item content, response formats, and other scale characteristics, and have not been validated for children under the age of 8. The LSE is essentially unidimensional, internally consistent, and converges with existing measures across ages 5 to 93 (N=2,761).

Effect of Response Format and Product Involvement on Questionnaire Reliability

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Response Format ◽  
Product Involvement ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Inverse Pattern

This study examined the effect of response format and product involvement on reliability. According to the results, reliability varied over the four response formats and product-involvement levels. An inverse pattern existed between product involvement and reliability.

Not only item content but also item format is important: Taxonomizing item format approaches

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Rauthmann
Keyword(s):  
First Person ◽  
Item Format ◽  
Person Perspective ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Item Content ◽  
First Person Perspective ◽  
Content Item ◽  
Point Of Reference

In this article I argue that as well as item content, item formats (i.e., phrasing and response formats) are also important. Most trait items can be mapped onto 4 dimensions: point of reference (first person, possessive, others, indicator), general item format (staticity, frequency, valency, frequency + valency), construct indicator (attributal, behavioral, mental, contextual), and conditionality (unconditional, conditional). An item taxonomy tree for the first person perspective is provided for an Openness to Experiences item, and NEO-PI-R Extraversion items are analyzed according to the 4-item format dimensions. Future lines of research on item phrasing are outlined.

How Do Multiracial and Monoracial People Categorize Multiracial Faces?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 688-696
Author(s):  
Maria Iankilevitch ◽  
Lindsey A. Cary ◽  
Jessica D. Remedios ◽  
Alison L. Chasteen
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Mixed Race ◽  
Choice Response ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Racial Categorization ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Multiracial Faces

Due to their awareness of multiraciality and their perceptions of race categories as fluid, multiracial individuals may be unique in how they racially categorize multiracial faces. Yet race categorization research has largely overlooked how multiracial individuals categorize other mixed-race people. We therefore asked Asian, White, and multiracial individuals to categorize Asian-White faces using an open-ended response format, which more closely mirrors real-world race categorizations than forced-choice response formats. Our results showed that perceivers from all three racial groups tended to categorize Asian-White faces as monoracial Asian, White, or Hispanic. However, multiracial perceivers categorized the Asian-White faces as multiracial more often than monoracial perceivers did. Our findings suggest that multiracial individuals may approach racial categorization differently from either monoracial majority or minority group members. Furthermore, our results illustrate possible difficulties multiracial people may face when trying to identify other multiracial in-group members.

scholarly journals Comparison of Two Rating Scales With the Orofacial Esthetic Scale and Practical Recommendations for Its Application.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swaha Pattanaik ◽  
Mike John ◽  
Seungwon Chung ◽  
San Keller
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scales ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
External Criterion ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Different Response

Abstract PurposeWe compared measurement properties of 5-point and 11-point response formats for Orofacial Esthetic Scale (OES) items to determine whether collapsing the format would degrade OES score precision.MethodsData were collected from a consecutive sample of adult dental patients from HealthPartners dental clinics in Minnesota (N=2,078). We fitted an Item Response Theory (IRT) model to the 11-point scale and six, derived 5-point scales. We compared all response formats using test (or scale) information, correlation between the IRT scores, Cronbach’s alpha estimates for each scaling format, correlations based on the observed scores for the seven OES items and the eighth global item, and the relationship of observed and IRT scores to an external criterion using orofacial appearance (OA) indicators from the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP).ResultsThe correlations among scores based on the different response formats were uniformly high for observed (0.97-0.99) and IRT scores (0.96-0.99); as were correlations of both observed and IRT scores and the OHIP measure of OA (0.65-0.69). Cronbach’s alpha based on any of the 5-point formats (α = 0.95) was nearly the same as that based on the 11-point format (α = 0.96). The weighted total information area for five of six, 5-point derived formats was 98% of that for the 11-point scale ConclusionsOur results support the use of scores based on a 5-point response format for OES items. The measurement properties of scores based on a 5-point response format are comparable to those of scores based on the 11-point format.

scholarly journals New insights on respondents’ recall ability and memory effects when repeatedly measuring political efficacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Karem Höhne
Keyword(s):  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Repeated Measurements ◽  
Memory Effects ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Response Scale ◽  
Text Field ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Study Designs

AbstractMany study designs in social science research rely on repeated measurements implying that the same respondents are asked the same (or nearly the same) questions at least twice. An assumption made by such study designs is that respondents second answer does not depend on their first answer. However, if respondents recall their initial answer and base their second answer on it memory effects may affect the survey outcome. In this study, I investigate respondents’ recall ability and memory effects within the same survey and randomly assign respondents to a device type (PC or smartphone) and a response format (response scale or text field) for reporting their previous answer. While the results reveal no differences regarding device types, they reveal differences regarding response formats. Respondents’ recall ability is higher when they are provided with the response scale again than when they are only provided with a text field (without displaying the response scale again). The same finding applies to the size of estimated memory effects. This study provides evidence that the size of memory effects may have been overestimated in previous studies.

The Physical Self-Attribute Questionnaire: Development and Initial Validation

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 627-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin B. Moore ◽  
Nathanael G. Mitchell ◽  
Marcus W. Kilpatrick ◽  
John B. Bartholomew
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Questionnaire Development ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Exercise Classes ◽  
Structure Test

The Physical Self-attribute Questionnaire was developed for use in conjunction with the Physical Self-perception Profile to model cognitive facets of perceived competence, certainty, importance, and discrepancy from ideal to each of the physical subdomains measured by the latter (Strength, Attractive Body, Condition, and Sport). To this end, two studies were conducted. Study 1 examined the factor structure, test-retest reliability, and validity of the questionnaire in a sample of 154 (28 men, 126 women) undergraduate health students. Reliability and validity were acceptable, and confirmatory factor analysis indicated good fit for a four-factor solution. In Study 2, the reliability, validity, and factor structure was again confirmed in a sample of 120 (83 men, 37 women) undergraduate students recruited from exercise classes. Results of these two studies suggest that the Physical Self-attribute Questionnaire is a viable tool to measure the underlying cognitive facets of subdomain-specific physical self-esteem.

The Lifespan Self-Esteem Scale: Initial Validation of a New Measure of Global Self-Esteem

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Harris ◽  
M. Brent Donnellan ◽  
Kali H. Trzesniewski
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Initial Validation

scholarly journals Instemmingsgeneigdheid en verskillende item- en responsformate in 'n gesommeerde selfbeoordelingskaal

1998 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadene Hanekom ◽  
Delene Visser
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Question Format ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Summated Rating Scale ◽  
Opposite Order ◽  
Second Year

This study examines the degree of acquiescence present when the item and response formats of a summated rating scale are varied. It is often recommended that acquiescence response bias in rating scales may be controlled by using both positively and negatively worded items. Such items are generally worded in the Likert-type format of statements. The purpose of the study was to establish whether items in question format would result in a smaller degree of acquiescence than items worded as statements. the response format was also varied (five- and seven-point options) to determine whether this would influence the reliability and degree of acquiescence in the scales. A twenty-item Locus of Control (LC) questionnaire was used, but each item was complemented by its opposite, resulting in 40 items. The subjects, divided randomly into two groups, were second year students who had to complete four versions of the questionnaire, plus a shortened version of Bass's scale for measuring acquiescence. The LC version were questions or statements each combined with a five- or seven-point respons format. Partial counterbalancing was introduced by testing on two separate occasions, presenting the tests to the two groups in the opposite order. The degree of acquiescence was assessed by correlating the items with their opposite, and by correlating scores on each version with scores on the acquiescence questionnaire. No major difference were found between the various item and response format in relation to acquiescence. Opsomming Hierdie ondersoek is uitgevoer om te bepaal of die mate van instemmingsgeneigdheid deur die item- en responsformaat van 'n gesommeerde selfbeoordelingskaal beinvloed word. Daar word dikwels aanbeveel dat die gebruik van positief- sowel as negatiefbewoorde items in 'n vraelys instemmingsgeneigdheid beperk. Suike items word gewoonlik in die tradisionele Likertformaat as stellings geformuleer. Die doel van die ondersoek was om te bepaal of items in vraagformaat minder instemmingsgeneigdheid as die stellingformaat tot gevolg het. Die responsformaat is ook gevarieer (vyf- en sewepunt opsies) om te bepaal of die betroubaarheid en graad van instemmingsgeneigdheid daardeur beinvloed word. 'n Twintigitem Lokus van Beheer (LvB) vraelys is vir hierdie doel gebruik, maar vir eike item is "n inverse gekonstrueer, sodat die uiteindelike vraelys uit 40 items bestaan het. Die steekproef wat ewekansig in twee groepe verdeel is, was tweedejaarstudente wat elk vier weergawes van die vraelys asook "n verkorte weergawe van Bass se mstemrningsgeneigdheidsvraelys moes voltooi. Die LvB-weergawes was vrae of stellings wat elk met 'n vyf- of sewepuntresponsformaat gekombineer is. Gedeeltelike teenbalansering is toegepas deur twee toetsgeleenthede waarin die vraelys aan die onderskeie groepe in die teenoorgestelde volgorde geadministreer is, te gebruik. Die teenwoordigheid van instemmingsgeneigdheid is bepaal deur die items met hul inverses te korreleer, asook om eike vraelys met die instemmmgsgeneigdheidsvraelys te korreleer. Geen noemenswaardige verskille is tussen die verskillende item- en responsformaat, met betrekking tot instemmingsgeneigdheid, gevind nie.

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