Wording Effects in Self-Esteem Scales: Methodological Artifact or Response Style?

By P. Horan, C. Distefano, Robert W. Motl. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Shifting gears: consequences of including two negatively worded items in the middle of a positively worded questionnaire (2010, background): “…are not necessarily artefactual in nature even if such factors do exhibit some ‘methods effects’ (Bolin and Dodder 1990; Chang 1995; Finney 2001; Horan, Distefano, and Motl 2003; Mook, Kleijn, and van der Ploeg 1991, 1992; Mowday, Steers and Porter 1979; Pilotte and Gable 1990; Sandoval and…”
Characteristics of Single-Item Measures in Likert Scale Format (2010, background): “Factors based on negatively-worded items have strong method effects and exhibit longitudinal invariance (Motl and DiStefano 2002; Horan et al. 2003).”
Is Parceling Really Necessary? A Comparison of Results From Item Parceling and Categorical Variable Methodology (2008, methodology): “The existence of method factors in self-esteem scales in particular has been the subject of several recent articles ( Horan, DiStefano, & Motl, 2003 ; Marsh, 1996 ; Tomas & Oliver, 1999 ).”
Further Investigating Method Effects Associated With Negatively Worded Items on Self-Report Surveys (2006, methodology): “Due to the results from the current study, as well as the goal of replicating prior research (Horan et al., 2003; Motl & DiStefano, 2002; Tomás & Oliver, 1999), it was of interest to model the method effects as a latent variable rather than considering the error to be irrelevant (Bentler WORDING…”
Correlates of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Method Effects (2006, background): “Horan, DiStefano, and Motl (2003) further found that the method effect associated with the negatively worded items in the RSES was stable over time, and correlated with other scales’negatively worded items’ method effects.”
Measuring Loneliness Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The UCLA and de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scales (2014, background): “Here, our findings revealed that lack of unidimensional model fit may well be attributable to method effects, potentially representing a response style or other factors associated with positive and negative item wording (e.g., see DiStefano and Motl 2009a; Horan et al. 2003).”
Modelling method effects as individual causal effects (2007, background): “…between the factor of the positively and the factor of the negatively formulated items (Russell and Carroll, 1999; Barrett and Russell, 1998), whereas others used confirmatory factor analysis multitrait–multimethod models (Horan et al., 2003; Motl and DiStefano, 2002) to analyse this phenomenon.”