Effects of Culture and Response Format on Extreme Response Style

by: Harry C Hui, Harry C Triandis

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 20, No. 3. (1 September 1989), pp. 296-309.

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Do cultural and ethnic groups differ in their extreme response style? To answer this question, Hispanic and non-Hispanic subjects were asked to respond to a questionnaire on 5-point or 10-point scales. As predicted, Hispanics were found to exhibit a stronger tendency for extreme checking (about half the time, on the average) than non-Hispanic, but only when the 5-point scales were used. Use of 10-point scales reduced the extreme responses of the Hispanics to the level of non-Hispanics. Extreme responses of non-Hispanics were not affected by the scales. Implications of the findings for social research are discussed. 10.1177/0022022189203004

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2149784 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2149784 TI - Effects of Culture and Response Format on Extreme Response Style JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology VL - 20 IS - 3 SP - 296 EP - 309 N2 - Do cultural and ethnic groups differ in their extreme response style? To answer this question, Hispanic and non-Hispanic subjects were asked to respond to a questionnaire on 5-point or 10-point scales. As predicted, Hispanics were found to exhibit a stronger tendency for extreme checking (about half the time, on the average) than non-Hispanic, but only when the 5-point scales were used. Use of 10-point scales reduced the extreme responses of the Hispanics to the level of non-Hispanics. Extreme responses of non-Hispanics were not affected by the scales. Implications of the findings for social research are discussed. 10.1177/0022022189203004 KW - cross-cultural KW - methodology AU - Hui, Harry AU - Triandis, Harry PY - 1989/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022189203004 ER -

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