The Activity Preference Questionnaire: is the forced choice format necessary? 1975

P H Blaney, and C L Cox
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

While the Activity Preference Questionnaire (APQ) appears to provide unusually pure and subtle measures of anxiety proneness, its forced choice format involves several drawbacks. Data are presented which suggest that a rating format can be used which avoids the disadvantages of the forced choice format but incorporates its advantages.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

P H Blaney, and C L Cox
July 1980, Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior,
P H Blaney, and C L Cox
January 1995, Journal of applied behavior analysis,
P H Blaney, and C L Cox
February 2019, Educational and psychological measurement,
P H Blaney, and C L Cox
March 2024, Journal of personality assessment,
P H Blaney, and C L Cox
January 2004, Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior,
P H Blaney, and C L Cox
March 2020, Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior,
Copied contents to your clipboard!