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Reverse-worded Items

Reverse-Worded Items is a measurement instrument design technique in survey methodology wherein certain items are phrased in an opposite direction to the underlying construct's valence to control for response biases such as acquiescence.

55

Publications

7.6K

Citations

165

Authors

96

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

12

Variants

Reverse-keyed Items

Parents

Publications

55

Empirical Validation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale in Patients With Social Anxiety Disorder.

Justin W. Weeks, Richard G. Heimberg, David M. Fresco et al. · Psychological Assessment · 2005 · 558 citations

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Effects of Stem and Likert Response Option Reversals on Survey Internal Consistency: If You Feel the Need, There is a Better Alternative to Using those Negatively Worded Stems

J. Jackson Barnette · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 2000 · 529 citations

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Ineffectiveness of Reverse Wording of Questionnaire Items: Let’s Learn from Cows in the Rain

Eric van Sonderen, Robbert Sanderman, James C. Coyne · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 526 citations · Full text

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Do Reverse-Worded Items Confound Measures in Cross-Cultural Consumer Research? The Case of the Material Values Scale

Nancy Wong, Aric Rindfleisch, James E. Burroughs · Journal of Consumer Research · 2003 · 520 citations

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More Information From Fewer Questions: The Factor Structure and Item Properties of the Original and Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale.

Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Carol M. Woods, David Thissen et al. · Psychological Assessment · 2004 · 476 citations

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Authors

165

  1. RG
    Richard G. Heimberg

    Temple University, United States

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

    4

    h-index

  2. CM
    Carol M. Woods

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 1.4K citations

    4

    h-index

  3. CC
    Chester Chun Seng Kam

    University of Macau, Macao SAR China

    4 publications · 109 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. JP
    John P. Meyer

    Western University, Canada

    3 publications · 78 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. CE
    Chad Ebesutani

    Duksung Women's University, South Korea

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 165

Institutions

96

  1. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. University of Macau

    Macao, Macao

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    109 citations

  3. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    207 citations

  6. Yonsei University

    Seoul, South Korea

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    129 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    849 citations

1–8 of 96

Venues

  1. Educational and Psychological Measurement

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

    9

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  2. Assessment

    ASM · 7 publications · 462 citations

    7

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  3. Psychological Assessment

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

    6

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  4. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 792 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    2 publications · 100 citations

    2

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