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AUTHOR
Alexandra Mergener
The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Forced answering (FA) is a frequent answer format in online surveys that forces respondents to answer each question in order to proceed through the questionnaire. The underlying rationale is to decrease the amount of missing data. Despite its popularity, empirical research on the impact of FA on respondents’ answering behavior is scarce and has generated mixed findings. In fact, some quasi-experimental studies showed that FA has detrimental consequences such as increased survey dropout rates and faking behavior. Notably, a theoretical psychological process driving these effects has hitherto not been identified. Therefore, the aim of the present study was twofold: First, we sought to experi…
Supplemental Material, Sischka_Online_Appendix - The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Supplemental Material, Sischka_Online_Appendix for The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys by Philipp E. Sischka, Jean Philippe Décieux, Alexandra Mergener, Kristina M. Neufang and Alexander F. Schmidt in Social Science Computer Review
sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_0894439320907067 – Supplemental Material for The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_0894439320907067 for The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys by Philipp E. Sischka, Jean Philippe Décieux, Alexandra Mergener, Kristina M. Neufang and Alexander F. Schmidt in Social Science Computer Review
sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_0894439320907067 – Supplemental Material for The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ssc-10.1177_0894439320907067 for The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys by Philipp E. Sischka, Jean Philippe Décieux, Alexandra Mergener, Kristina M. Neufang and Alexander F. Schmidt in Social Science Computer Review