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ERIC Number: EJ977581
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1531-7714
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Exploring Item Order in Anxiety-Related Constructs: Practical Impacts of Serial Position
Carleton, R. Nicholas; Thibodeau, Michel A.; Osborne, Jason W.; Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, v17 n7 Apr 2012
The present study was designed to test for item order effects by measuring four distinct constructs that contribute substantively to anxiety-related psychopathology (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, fear of negative evaluation, injury/illness sensitivity, and intolerance of uncertainty). Participants (n = 999; 71% women) were randomly assigned to complete measures for each construct presented in one of two modalities: (a) items presented cohesively as measures or (b) items presented randomly interspersed with one another. The results suggested that item order had a relatively small impact on item endorsement, response patterns, and reliabilities. The small impact was such that item order appears unlikely to influence clinical decisions related to these measures. These findings not only have implication for these and other similar measures, but further inform a long-standing debate about whether item grouping is a substantial concern in measurement. (Contains 5 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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