A Clarified Examination of the Item Wording Effect: Item Valence (Good vs. Bad) Versus Semantic Framing (I Am vs. I Am Not).

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychological Reports Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI:10.1177/00332941241301353

Zdravko Marjanovic, Anna Louisa Maidens

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Abstract

The Item Wording Effect (IWE) in psychological testing describes how individuals respond differently to positively and negatively worded items. Previous IWE research faced challenges due to measures varying beyond item valence. This study aimed to address this problem by developing an inventory, the Positive and Negative Descriptor Inventory (PANDI), with items varying solely on valence. Semantic framing was manipulated to examine which factor (valence vs. framing) was more causal of the IWE. Using an online survey on Mechanical Turk, 336 Canadian participants responded to PANDI items in different experimental conditions. Results indicated that item valence had a bigger impact on IWE than semantic framing. PANDI-Good items in the Affirming Condition exhibited lower reliability but higher means and response variance than other groups, emphasizing the significant difference in how individuals interpret positive and negating inventory items. This study recommends using negatively worded items sparingly, and not using negating items at all.

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项目措辞效应的明确检验：项目价值（好与坏）与语义框架（我是与我不是）。

心理测试中的 "项目措辞效应"（IWE）描述了个体对积极和消极措辞项目的不同反应。以往的 IWE 研究面临的挑战是，由于测量方法的差异超出了项目效价的范围。本研究旨在通过编制一份清单--积极与消极描述量表（PANDI）--来解决这一问题，该量表的项目仅在效价上有所不同。研究人员对语义框架进行了操作，以考察哪个因素（情绪与框架）对 IWE 的影响更大。通过在 Mechanical Turk 上进行在线调查，336 名加拿大参与者在不同的实验条件下回答了 PANDI 项目。结果表明，与语义框架相比，项目情感对IWE的影响更大。与其他组相比，肯定条件下的 PANDI-Good 项目显示出较低的可靠性，但平均值和反应方差较高，这强调了个人在如何解释积极和消极的清单项目方面存在显著差异。本研究建议少用否定性项目，完全不用否定性项目。

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4.30%

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171