Careless and Random Responding on Clinical and Research Measures in the Addictions: A Concerning Problem and Investigation of their Detection

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-306

  Meyer, Joseph F ^a   Faust, Kyle A ^a,b   Faust, David ^a,b   Baker, Aaron M ^a   Cook, Nathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral addictions; Careless responding; Deviant response sets; Internet questionnaires; Random responding; Video game questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878306144     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9410-5     Document Type: Article

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