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Dirghangi S, Laursen B, Puder J, et al. Self-reported rates of interpersonal conflict vary as a function of questionnaire format: why age-related trends in disagreement (and other events) may not be what they seem. J Adolesc. 2014;37(7):965-72doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.003.
Dirghangi, S., Laursen, B., Puder, J., Bjorklund, D. F., & DeLay, D. (2014). Self-reported rates of interpersonal conflict vary as a function of questionnaire format: why age-related trends in disagreement (and other events) may not be what they seem. Journal of adolescence, 37(7), 965-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.003
Dirghangi, Shrija, et al. "Self-reported rates of interpersonal conflict vary as a function of questionnaire format: why age-related trends in disagreement (and other events) may not be what they seem." Journal of adolescence vol. 37,7 (2014): 965-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.003
Dirghangi S, Laursen B, Puder J, Bjorklund DF, DeLay D. Self-reported rates of interpersonal conflict vary as a function of questionnaire format: why age-related trends in disagreement (and other events) may not be what they seem. J Adolesc. 2014 Oct;37(7):965-72. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.003. Epub 2014 Aug 01. PMID: 25086497; PMCID: PMC4167570.
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J Adolesc. 2014 Oct;37(7):965-72. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.003. Epub 2014 Aug 01.

Self-reported rates of interpersonal conflict vary as a function of questionnaire format: why age-related trends in disagreement (and other events) may not be what they seem.

Journal of adolescence

Shrija Dirghangi, Brett Laursen, Justin Puder, David F Bjorklund, Dawn DeLay

Affiliations

  1. Florida Atlantic University, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Florida Atlantic University, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. Auburn University, United States.
  4. Florida Atlantic University, United States.
  5. Arizona State University, United States.

PMID: 25086497 PMCID: PMC4167570 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.003

Abstract

Two studies examine whether self-reports of interpersonal conflict differ as a function of how the question is asked. In Study 1, 56 U.S. college students (M = 20.7 years) completed different versions of a questionnaire, four times, at one week intervals. Participants reported more conflicts with the aid of memory prompts than without, an effect that was especially strong when questions focused on events from the previous day. In Study 2, 123 middle-school students (M = 11.08 years) and 128 primary school students (M = 8.2 years) from the same region completed one of two questionnaires describing conflict during the previous day. Children reported more conflicts with memory prompts than without. The effect was twice as strong for younger children than older children. The findings suggest that increases in reports of conflict across the transition into adolescence may be due to improvements in the ability to recall and recount events in the absence of memory cues.

Copyright © 2014 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Conflict; Development; Memory; Questionnaire decomposition; Self-report

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