Can respondents distinguish different types of "difficulty in responding" to psychological scales?

Key Points

• This research aims to understand if respondents can identify various types of difficulties they encounter when answering psychological scales.
• Modification of existing psychological scales to assess response difficulties
• Analysis of respondents' feedback on difficulty types
• Comparative evaluation against previous findings by Bunji et al. (2024)
• Respondents were able to distinguish between several types of difficulties in responding to the scales
• Specific patterns of response bias were identified
• The findings align with previous studies, reinforcing the need for improved psychometric evaluation methods.