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The study investigated the effect of response mode variation (the use or nonuse of separate answer sheets) on subject responses (N = 1017) to affective instruments with respect to both instrument and subject characteristics. Instrument characteristics examined included attitudinal versus personality scale composition, scale items written in first- versus third-person and variations in response actions (circling, writing or darkening response). Subject characteristics investigated were individual differences in cognitive style (field dependence-independence) and school grade level (junior high, high school or college). Results indicated significant score differences across scales with and without answer sheets.

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Response-Mode Variation Effects On Affective Measures

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