@article{KahlertBrand2011,
  author    = {Kahlert, Daniela and Brand, Ralf},
  title     = {Questionnaires for assessing physical activity different response scale categories influence responses concerning health- and sport-related cognitions},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Gesundheitspsychologie},
  volume    = {19},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Gesundheitspsychologie},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {G{\"o}ttingen},
  issn      = {0943-8149},
  doi       = {10.1026/0943-8149/a000044},
  pages     = {96 -- 100},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The present study examines whether the use of different frequency scales in questionnaires about physical activity influences respondents' own estimation of their activity, as well as subsequent measurements of health- und sport-related cognitions and evaluations. Using a randomized research design we recruited a sample of 118 participants. One group received a high frequency scale for assessing their exercise frequency with the response categories "never", "less often", "once a month", "once a week", or "most days." The other group answered with a medium frequency scale with the alternatives "never", "less often", " once every few months", "once a month", and " once a week or more often." As dependent variables all participants judged the subjective importance of physical activity and their health-related quality of life (WHO-QOL-bref). Results indicate the expected response errors, owing to the fact that using a high-frequency scale produces higher levels of self-reported physical activity (Cramer's V = .30). Corresponding to this the subjective importance of physical activity increased (d = .37) and the health-related quality of life was judged to be better (d = .36). Such artefacts might be eliminated by using standardized formulations such as "I exercise... times per week/month for... minutes."},
  language  = {de}
}