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Assessing recalibration as a response-shift phenomenon.

Pamela Kidd1, Mark B Parshall, Susan Wojcik

  • 1Graduate Programs and Research, College of Nursing, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.

Nursing Research
|April 16, 2004
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A recalibration response shift occurs when participants change their criteria for answering post-intervention surveys. The retrospective pretest method showed mixed results in detecting this safety climate change in construction workers.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Psychometrics
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Traditional pretest-posttest score differences may inaccurately estimate change, especially with self-report measures assessing shifts in beliefs or behaviors.
  • Interventions can lead to a 'recalibration response shift,' where participants apply stricter criteria in post-tests due to increased awareness or understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish scale recalibration as a quantifiable response shift.
  • To demonstrate the retrospective pretest as a method for estimating the magnitude and direction of recalibration response shifts.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental study in small construction companies evaluated narrative simulation exercises for back and fall injuries.
  • A retrospective pretest was administered alongside a delayed posttest (4 months post-intervention).

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Main Results:

  • In year one, a brief retrospective pretest indicated a recalibration response shift in the intervention group, but not the control group.
  • In year two, using a more comprehensive 10-item retrospective pretest, no evidence of recalibration was found.

Conclusions:

  • Evidence for recalibration response shifts was equivocal, highlighting the complexity of measuring intervention-induced changes in self-perception.
  • The study illustrates conditions conducive to recalibration and characteristic patterns suggesting its presence or absence.