Frequency vs. intensity: Framing effects on patients' use of verbal rating scale anchors

The present study examined the hypothesis that patients' ratings would be less congruent and stable if they were asked to rate imprecise terms on frequency and intensity that were embedded in a behavioral or perceptual framework. Based on data acquired from the patients' ratings the presented terms were analyzed concerning their interindividual congruency, intraindividual stability across time and distinguishability of adjacent terms. Afterward, the results were compared to the results regarding the same analysis of unframed terms from an earlier investigation [16].

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Krabbe, Thomas Forkmann Source Type: research