Words Don't Come Easy: How Lexical Difficulty of Items and Vocabulary of Subjects (Not) Affect Personality Assessment.

Personality is commonly assessed using self-report scales comprising short personality-descriptive statements or adjectives. However, whether respondents understand these items receives little empirical attention. Across three studies, we investigated how vocabulary and lexical difficulty affect per...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Vol. 129; no. 5; pp. 910 - 933
Autores principales:	Altgassen, Elisa, Schittenhelm, Catherine, Wilhelm, Oliver
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association Nov2025
Materias:	Personality assessment Vocabulary Five-factor model of personality Analysis of variance Linguistic complexity Self-report inventories Lexical access Statistical bias
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