Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifier

6115

Date

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Psychology

Concentration

Clinical Psychology

Committee Chair

James P Whelan

Committee Member

Arthur C Graesser

Committee Member

Andrew W Meyers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use advanced text-comprehension tools to develop a questionnaire of gambling disorder symptoms, the Memphis Gambling Measure (MGM), then experimentally compare rates of accurate comprehension and symptom identification as compared to the NODS, an often used and theoretically less readable questionnaire of the same symptoms. Eighty-five volunteers identified symptoms in a clinical vignette by completing either the MGM or NODS in a between-subjects experimental design. Participants who completed the MGM correctly identified more symptoms of gambling disorder than participants who completed the NODS. Participants with more education more accurately reponded to the questionnaire items, but this did not moderate the effect of questionnaire assignment on item comprehension. We concluded that item comprehension can be accurately predicted using the present text-analysis assessment methods, and that rates at which individuals accurately report on symptoms of psychopathology is related to the readability of the questionnaire items themselves.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

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