A reassessment of the Resistance to Framing scale.

ABSTRACT: Risky-choice and attribute framing effects are well-known cognitive biases, where choices are influenced by the way information is presented. To assess susceptibility to these framing types, the Resistance to Framing scale is often used, although its performance has rarely been extensively tested. In an online survey among university students from Bulgaria (N = 245) and North America (N = 261), we planned to examine the scale's psychometric properties, structural validity, and measurement invariance. However, some of these examinations were not possible because the scale displayed low and mostly non-significant inter-item correlations as well as low item-total correlations. Followingly, exploratory item response theory analyses indicated that the scale's reliability was low, especially for

SUBMITTER: Geiger SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10439025 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature