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Jobe JB. Cognitive psychology and self-reports: models and methods. Qual Life Res. 2003;12(3):219-27doi: 10.1023/a:1023279029852.
Jobe, J. B. (2003). Cognitive psychology and self-reports: models and methods. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 12(3), 219-27. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023279029852
Jobe, Jared B. "Cognitive psychology and self-reports: models and methods." Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation vol. 12,3 (2003): 219-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023279029852
Jobe JB. Cognitive psychology and self-reports: models and methods. Qual Life Res. 2003 May;12(3):219-27. doi: 10.1023/a:1023279029852. PMID: 12769134.
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Qual Life Res. 2003 May;12(3):219-27. doi: 10.1023/a:1023279029852.

Cognitive psychology and self-reports: models and methods.

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

Jared B Jobe

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  1. Behavioral Medicine Scientific Research Group, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 12769134 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023279029852

Abstract

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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