Computerized versus standard personality measures: Equivalency, computer anxiety, and gender differences

Undergraduate students were administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Purpose in Life Test (PIL) in either paper-and-pencil or computer-administered format. Prior to administration, all subjects completed the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and...

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Published in:Computers in human behavior 1994, Vol.10 (4), p.497-510
Main Authors: Lankford, J.Scott, Bell, Robert W., Elias, Jeffrey W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
Beck Depression Inventory
Biological and medical sciences
Computer Anxiety
Computer Anxiety Scale
Computer Assisted Testing
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Higher Education
Mathematics Anxiety
Multivariate Analysis
Personality Measures
Personality. Affectivity
Psychological Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Purpose in Life Test
Regression (Statistics)
Sex Differences
State Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielburger)
Tables (Data)
Test Analysis
Test Equivalence
Test Reactivity
Testing
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Summary:Undergraduate students were administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Purpose in Life Test (PIL) in either paper-and-pencil or computer-administered format. Prior to administration, all subjects completed the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Phobos Mathematics Anxiety Inventory (PHOBOS) in their original paper-and-pencil formats. For those subjects who received the personality tests via computer administration, high CARS scores were associated with higher BDI scores and lower PIL scores, even when state, trait, and mathematics anxiety were partialled out. The results suggest that standardized normative distributions on personality tests may not be applicable to computerized personality tests (CPT).
ISSN:0747-5632
1873-7692
DOI:10.1016/0747-5632(94)90043-4