2018
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000610
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A text comprehension approach to questionnaire readability: An example using gambling disorder measures.

Abstract: Although readability has been traditionally operationalized and even become synonymous with the concept of word and sentence length, modern text analysis theory and technology have shifted toward multidimensional comprehension-based analytic techniques. In an effort to make use of these advancements and demonstrate their general utility, 6 commonly used measures of gambling disorder were submitted to readability analyses using 2 of these advanced approaches, Coh-Metrix and Question Understanding Aid (QUAID), a… Show more

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“…Although all participants in the current studies have met the literacy requirements for university enrolment, greater working memory load of the single-item relative to the behavioural checklist may be an alternative explanation for the discrepancy across NSSI assessments. This hypothesis could be tested in future systematic reviews by calculating the reading complexity of each assessment using well-established techniques (Peter, Whelan, Pfund, & Meyers, 2018) before conducting a meta-regression to assess whether reading complexity is negatively associated with lifetime NSSI prevalence rates across studies.…”
Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although all participants in the current studies have met the literacy requirements for university enrolment, greater working memory load of the single-item relative to the behavioural checklist may be an alternative explanation for the discrepancy across NSSI assessments. This hypothesis could be tested in future systematic reviews by calculating the reading complexity of each assessment using well-established techniques (Peter, Whelan, Pfund, & Meyers, 2018) before conducting a meta-regression to assess whether reading complexity is negatively associated with lifetime NSSI prevalence rates across studies.…”
Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…participant data pulled from gambling websites) represents an improved strategy for assessing the impact of interventions on actual behavior change compared with self‐reported behavior [66]. Furthermore, the complete reliance on self‐report questionnaires of gambling disorder symptoms is inherently limited by the degree to which individuals can understand the questions [67]. Altogether, there are assessment‐related limitations pervasive throughout the gambling treatment literature.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, to fulfill the BCA recommendations on gambling behavior, it is necessary for item response alternatives to specify time units per month. Most measures, such as SOGS ( Lesieur & Blume, 1987 ) and the NORC Diagnostic Screen for Gambling Problems (NODS; Wickwire et al, 2008 ), had dichotomous “Yes” or “No” responses or, such as in the PSGI ( Ferris & Wynne, 2001 ), or verbal response alternatives, for example “not at all,” “rarely,” “sometimes,” or “often”; these are also aggravating factors for temporal ambiguity and poor item readability (i.e., difficulties in knowing how to interpret items; see Peter et al, 2018 ). In conclusion, none of the individual measures, nor any combinations of the measures analyzed seemed to sufficiently fulfill the features of BCA.…”
Section: Content Validity Of Frequently Used Gambling Measures In Rel...mentioning
confidence: 99%