“…Positive-packing (i.e., increased number of response options in the positive direction) is deemed appropriate when participants are inclined to agree, a situation likely in terms of academically successful students (Brown, 2004;Klockars & Yamagishi, 1988;Lam & Klockars, 1982). Furthermore, good measurement characteristics (i.e., ordered response options with relatively equal intervals) were found with this rating scale in a study of Chinese higher education students (Deneen, Brown, Bond, & Shroff, 2013).…”