![]() ![]() On the negative side, however, answering self-report questions can also increase interpersonal conflict between partners, through increased communication. On the positive side, for example, research participation can make respondents see more strengths than weaknesses in their marriage and completing open-ended questions about self-relevant issues can reveal new behavioral options, clarify personal priorities, and force one to confront problems that one might otherwise ignore. Lang notes both positive and negative consequences that may result from research participation. He refers to these influences as “reactive insight” effects. In this issue of The Behavioral Measurement Letter, Eric Lang explores long-lasting ways in which answering self-report questions can change respondents’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Indeed, the diversity of their subject matter underscores measurement’s amazing breadth of relevance. Although these articles appear at first glance to have little to do with one another, in fact they share a central focus on measurement. This issue of The Behavioral Measurement Letter includes three articles addressing very different topics namely, “reactive insight” effects, impact of bullying, and the role of measurement in mountaineering. 2: Spring 2017 – The History, Prevalence, and Measurement of Post traumatic Stress Disorder | Spring 2017 1: Fall 2016 – The Measurement of Aggressive Communication Predispositions | Fall 2016 1: Winter 2015 – Measurement of Pain: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations and Clinical Applications 1: Winter 2008 – Measurement Issues in Biobehavioral Studies 2: Winter 2007 – Improving Measurement in Nursing Research: One Focus of the New NINR Strategic Plan 1: Spring 2006 – Measurement Instruments at Your Fingertips ![]() 2: Winter 2005 – Comparing Measurement in the Natural and Behavioral Sciences 1: Winter 2003 – The Repercussions of Research Participation: Exploring Reactive Insight Effects 2: Winter 2002 – Refinements to the Luben Social Network Scale: The LSNS-R 1: Winter 2002 – Assessing the Quality of Life of Cancer Survivors 1: Winter 1999 – Addiction and Gambling Disorders: On Matters of Measurement and Validity 2: Fall 1999 – Toward a Patient Centered Measure of Spirituality 2: Spring 1998 – Spanking By Parents – Ideas on Measurement and Analysis 1: Fall 1997 – Patient Self-Report Questionnaires as Integral to Clinical Care 2: Spring 1997 – The Multitrait Multimethod (MT-MM) 1: Fall 1996 – Surveying High-Risk Sexual Behaviors 2: Spring 1996 – Beck Depression Inventory-II 1: Fall 1995 – Measuring Reminiscence in Research on Type A Behavior ![]() 2: Spring 1995 – In Front of the Bell Curve: A Prologue 1: Fall 1994 – Looking Inside HaPI: Searching for Instruments on a Particular Topic 2: Spring 1994 – HaPI: A Comprehensive Selection of Instruments to Measure Behavior 1: Fall 1993 – HaPI: A Unique Resource for Measurement Information ![]()
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