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Cognitive psychology and self-reports: Models and methods

Jobe, Jared B.·2003·Quality of Life Research
DOI 10.1023/a:1023279029852
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This article describes the models and methods that cognitive psychologists and survey researchers use to evaluate and experimentally test cognitive issues in questionnaire design and subsequently improve self-report instruments. These models and methods assess the cognitive processes underlying how respondents comprehend and generate answers to self-report questions. Cognitive processing models are briefly described. Non-experimental methods--expert cognitive review, cognitive task analysis, focus groups, and cognitive interviews--are described. Examples are provided of how these methods were effectively used to identify cognitive self-report issues. Experimental methods--cognitive laboratory experiments, field tests, and experiments embedded in field surveys--are described. Examples are provided of: (a) how laboratory experiments were designed to test the capability and accuracy of respondents in performing the cognitive tasks required to answer self-report questions, (b) how a field experiment was conducted in which a cognitively designed questionnaire was effectively tested against the original questionnaire, and (c) how a cognitive experiment embedded in a field survey was conducted to test cognitive predictions.

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Authors
Jobe, J. B.
Affiliations
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Jobe, Jared B.
Venue
Quality of Life Research
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2003-05
Volume
12
Issue
3
Pages
219-227
ISSN
  • 0962-9343 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2649
DOI
10.1023/a:1023279029852
OpenAlex
W2135041929
Cited by
214
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 11
FWCI
13.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Quality of Life Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
Keywords
self-report questionnaire, cognitive processing models, questionnaire design, cognitive interviewing, cognitive task analysis, focus groups, field experiments, respondent comprehension
MeSH terms
Attitude to Health, Cognition, Health Surveys, Humans, Models, Psychological, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Research Design, Self-Assessment, Sickness Impact Profile

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