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faculty: "FMG" and publication year: "1989"
| Authors | M. Sprangers, J. Hoogstraten | | Title | Pretesting effects in retrospective pretest posttest designs. |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Psychology |
| Volume | 74 |
| Year | 1989 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-272 |
| ISSN | 0021-9010 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences |
| Institute/dept. | FMG: Psychology Research Institute |
| Keywords | Communication Skills Training; Pretesting; Treatment-Effectiveness-Evaluation; Response-Bias |
| Abstract | Two studies evaluated communication skills training by using a pretest-posttest design, including retrospective pretest ratings, to control for response shift bias. A response shift is a change in a subject's internal standard for determining his or her level of functioning on a given dimension. In Exp 1, Ss were 37 hospital employees. Data indicated that the self-report pretest exerted a clear effect on subsequent self-report posttest and retrospective pretest ratings. Training was ineffective and a response shift did not occur. Experimental Ss could not remember and control Ss could remember their pretreatment ratings to a reasonable extent. In Exp 2, Ss were 58 3rd-year dental students. Results show that the training was effective. A behavioral pretest administered prior to the self-report pretest prevented a response shift from occurring. This finding gives empirical support to the contention that Ss' lack of sufficient information about their level of functioning at pretest may be a causal determinant of the response shift. Data also indicate that the retrospective pretest is robust for procedural differences in administering this instrument. |
| Document type | Article |
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