I wonder if the way the questions were phrased influenced how participants responded. You mentioned the limitation that they’re all positively phrased, but I’m wondering about how they all start with “I understand that…” — did anyone actually disagree with these items, which is essentially saying “no I don’t understand that…”? Maybe rephrasing them to be statements (e.g., “Reactions to treatment plans and interventions vary from culture to culture”) would be less of a leading question and reduce some potential response issues.
Thank you for your response Dr. Hansen-Brown. Yes I agree that rephrasing the questions into less of a leading statement and more of an objective statement would have helped with the response issues. When creating the survey questions I had intended for participants to self-reflect but did not consider how else I could’ve done it with out using leading statements. It is definitely something we will be considering going forward. Thank you for the suggestion!
I wonder if the way the questions were phrased influenced how participants responded. You mentioned the limitation that they’re all positively phrased, but I’m wondering about how they all start with “I understand that…” — did anyone actually disagree with these items, which is essentially saying “no I don’t understand that…”? Maybe rephrasing them to be statements (e.g., “Reactions to treatment plans and interventions vary from culture to culture”) would be less of a leading question and reduce some potential response issues.
Thank you for your response Dr. Hansen-Brown. Yes I agree that rephrasing the questions into less of a leading statement and more of an objective statement would have helped with the response issues. When creating the survey questions I had intended for participants to self-reflect but did not consider how else I could’ve done it with out using leading statements. It is definitely something we will be considering going forward. Thank you for the suggestion!