Journal of pediatric psychology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Developmental differences in children's use of rating scales.
To examine the effect of child age and number of response choices on children's tendency to respond at the extremes of Likert-type scales rating emotional states. ⋯ These results indicate that young children may respond in an extreme manner when rating emotional states. Researchers and clinicians should take this into account when interpreting children's self-reporting ratings.