The Activity Preference Questionnaire: is the forced choice format necessary?
While the Activity Preference Questionnaire (APQ) appears to provide unusually pure and subtle measures of anxiety proneness, its forced choice format involves several drawbacks. Data are presented which suggest that a rating format can be used which avoids the disadvantages of the forced choice format but incorporates its advantages.
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Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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