How Does the Valence of Wording Affect Features of a Scale? The Method Effects in the Undergraduate Learning Burnout Scale

A combination of both positively and negatively worded items is often employed in a survey to reduce participants’ acquiescence bias, but such a combination may hurt the validity of the survey. The current study investigated the effect of valence of wording on participants’ (N = 1132) responses to f...

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Main Authors: Biao Zeng, Hongbo Wen, Junjie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.585179/full