Buchanan T, Smith J L
Division of Psychology, University of Sunderland, UK.
Br J Psychol. 1999 Feb;90 ( Pt 1):125-44. doi: 10.1348/000712699161189.
The Internet is increasingly being used as a medium for psychological research. To assess the validity of such efforts, an electronic version of Gangestad & Snyder's (1985) revised self-monitoring questionnaire was placed at a site on the World Wide Web. In all, 963 responses were obtained through the Internet and these were compared with those from a group of 224 undergraduates who completed a paper-and-pencil version. Comparison of model fit indices obtained through confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the Internet-mediated version had similar psychometric properties to its conventional equivalent and compared favourably as a measure of self-monitoring. Reasons for possible superiority of Internet data are discussed. Results support the notion that Web-based personality assessment is possible, but stringent validation of test instruments is urged.
互联网正越来越多地被用作心理学研究的媒介。为评估此类研究的有效性，将冈斯特德和斯奈德（1985年）修订的自我监控问卷电子版放置在万维网的一个网站上。总共通过互联网获得了963份回复，并将其与一组224名完成纸笔版问卷的本科生的回复进行了比较。通过验证性因素分析获得的模型拟合指数比较表明，网络介导版问卷与传统纸质版问卷具有相似的心理测量特性，作为自我监控的一种测量方法，其表现良好。文中讨论了互联网数据可能具有优势的原因。结果支持了基于网络的人格评估是可行的这一观点，但同时也敦促对测试工具进行严格验证。
