Are beliefs elicited biased by question order? A theory of planned behaviour belief elicitation study about walking in the UK general population

Darker, Catherine; French, David P.; Longdon, Stuart; Morris, Katie; Eves, Frank F.

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“…It is possible that individually salient beliefs were affected, but not the five modally salient beliefs we assessed. However, these belief items were derived from a belief elicitation study conducted with a community sample in the same city (Darker et al, 2007a), and these five items covered over 80% (375/466) of the beliefs thereby elicited, so we think this is unlikely. The findings of the present study therefore do not support this part of the proposed causal Psychology and Health 83 pathway of the TPB.…”

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“…The intervention itself was developed during an extended period of formative research (described in detail by French, Darker, Eves, & Sniehotta, submitted). This research included a review of TPB walking studies (summarised above) to identify PBC as the construct which should be targeted, a TPB belief elicitation study to identify salient control beliefs (Darker, French, Longdon, Morris, & Eves, 2007a), an interpretative phenomenological analysis on walking behaviour (Darker, Larkin, & French, 2007b), and a piloting of intervention components and TPB measures (Darker & French, submitted).…”

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“…There were five attitude questions (Cronbach's ¼ 0.85), four subjective norm questions (Cronbach's ¼ 0.75), four PBC questions (Cronbach's ¼ 0.85) and three intention questions (Cronbach's ¼ 0.80). Belief items were based on the most frequent responses to open-ended responses in a TPB belief elicitation study with 180 members of the general public (Darker et al, 2007a). All responses were made on a seven point rating scale.…”

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“…In fact, some authors have called attention on the lack of studies in this area (Darker, French, Longdon, Morris & Eves, 2007;Symons-Downs & Hausenblas, 2005). When TPB is used as a reference model in order to promote behavioural change, it is imperative to develop a study to identify beliefs about the target behaviour in the population of interest.…”

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Andar como forma de ejercicio físico en la Fibromialgia: un estudio de identificación de creencias desde la Teoría de la Acción Planeada

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Título: Andar como forma de ejercicio físico en la Fibromialgia: un estudio de identificación de creencias desde la Teoría de la Acción Planeada. Resumen Este estudio corresponde a la primera fase de investigación formativa recomendada en la teoría de la Acción Planeada para desarrollar una intervención. Nuestros objetivos son identificar las creencias modales sobre la realización de una pauta de ejercicio en personas con fibromialgia, probar los ítems para la evaluación directa de los constructos predictivos y explorar sus relaciones con la conducta. Evaluamos a 46 mujeres con fibromialgia. El análisis de contenido mostró un mayor número de consecuencias positivas que negativas asociadas a la ejecución de la pauta de ejercicio (creencias comportamentales); la familia y los amigos son los referentes importantes (creencias normativas) y se detectaron factores facilitadores e inhibidores de la ejecución de la conducta de ejercicio, relacionados con aspectos de la fibromialgia (creencias de control) como el dolor, la fatiga y el estado de ánimo. El índice de consistencia interna más bajo fue el de la escala de norma subjetiva (α= .78). Los resultados confirman el sedentarismo de la muestra (conducta previa: Media=3.67; rango=1-7) aunque también sugieren que estas personas tienen intención de realizar la conducta (Media= 5.67). Las relaciones obtenidas entre los constructos son las esperadas desde la teoría, apoyando la pertinencia de aplicarla en la conducta y población seleccionada. Palabras clave: Andar; creencias; fibromialgia; teoría de la acción planeada; investigación formativa; estudio de identificación.Abstract: This study is the first phase of the formative research recommended in the Theory of Planned Behavior for the development of an intervention. Our aims are to identify modal beliefs about the performance of an exercise pattern in people with fibromyalgia, to test the items designed for direct evaluation of the predictive constructs and to explore their relationships with the behavior. We assessed 46 women with fibromyalgia. Content analysis showed more positive than negative consequences related to the performance of exercise guidelines (behavioral beliefs). Families and friends are the important referents (normative beliefs) and we identified facilitating and inhibiting factors in the performance of exercise behavior related to aspects of fibromyalgia (control beliefs) such as pain, fatigue and emotional state. The subjective norm scale showed the lowest internal consistency (α= .78). The results confirmed the sedentary lifestyle of the participants (previous behavior: Mean=3.67; rank=1-7) although they also suggested that participants intended to perform the behavior (Mean=5.67). The relationships between constructs are coherent with the theory, and support the relevance of applying it to the selected behavior and population.

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“…They found that a bid decision (i.e., a "yes, definitely"; "yes, probably"; "no, definitely not"; "no, probably not"; "don't know" decision) to pay an incremental amount to receive a superior hypothetical medication was not affected by the order in which scenarios explaining the superior compared with the inferior medication's properties were presented. Darker, French, Longdon, Morris, and Eves (2007) also found no question order effects in belief elicitation to open-ended questions used in a theory of planned behavior study of walking as exercise. Gold and Barclay (2006) found significant differences resulting from question order in correlations between judgments of one's own risk and of an adverse event occurring (e.g., "What is the chance that you will get into a car accident in the next year?")…”

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Question order effects.

Rasinski

Lee

Krishnamurty

2012

APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology, Vol 1: Foundations, Planning, Measures, and Psychometrics.

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In this chapter, we examine the research literature on question order effects. A question order effect occurs when responses to a prior question on a questionnaire affect responses to a subsequent one. Because questionnaire designers have to settle on some ordering of questions, question order effects are always a possibility. This chapter reviews the literature on empirical studies of survey question order effects, their mechanisms, and their moderators. In addition, we provide guidance for questionnaire construction on the basis of the results of these studies. Question order effects are sometimes categorized more generally as context effects because the prior question is thought to provide a context in which to view the subsequent question. Strictly speaking, survey context is broader than question order and can involve instructions, extra materials presented as part of the survey that are not questions (such as pictures or videos), or even the setting in which a survey is administered. A question order effect is a special type of context effect.Three basic kinds of question order effects have been identified : (a) Answers to the subsequent question are affected by having responded to the prior question but not necessarily affected by which response was given on the prior question (an unconditional question order effect), (b) answers to the subsequent question depend on the response given to the prior question (a conditional question order effect), and (c) the correlation between the prior question and the subsequent question changes depending on which is asked first (an associational question order effect).Question order effects can present serious problems when measuring change over time, whether in longitudinal surveys or in repeated cross-sectional surveys, or even when comparing the results of different cross-sectional surveys. Unless the question order is the same for each data collection, it is difficult to know whether change (or its absence) is due to real respondent change or to question order. presented the first extensive review of question order effects primarily in the area of public opinion. They conducted their own studies to replicate and see the extent of question order effects but did not systematically capture the behavioral or psychological dynamics underlying the effects. In general, among survey methodologists before the early to mid-1980s no general framework for understanding and predicting question order effects was widely accepted. The emphasis on psychology and surveys beginning in the early 1980s changed that. For the first time, the cognitive task of the respondent, rather than just the substance of the question, was given serious consideration. Once that breakthrough had been made researchers could develop theories about the types of judgment required by a question and experiments could be designed to manipulate the task demands of the respondent in theoretically derived ways to test hypotheses about the psychology of the survey response process. This information could be fed ba...

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Are beliefs elicited biased by question order? A theory of planned behaviour belief elicitation study about walking in the UK general population

Cited by 35 publications

References 54 publications

An intervention to promote walking amongst the general population based on an ‘extended’ theory of planned behaviour: A waiting list randomised controlled trial

An intervention to promote walking amongst the general population based on an ‘extended’ theory of planned behaviour: A waiting list randomised controlled trial

Andar como forma de ejercicio físico en la Fibromialgia: un estudio de identificación de creencias desde la Teoría de la Acción Planeada

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