TY - JOUR

T1 - Test–retest reliability of a social interaction task

AU - Merkulova, Ekaterina

AU - Savostyanov, Alexander

AU - Bocharov, Andrey

AU - Proshina, Ekaterina

AU - Knyazev, Gennady

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

PY - 2018/10/22

Y1 - 2018/10/22

N2 - Accurate repeatability of experimental data is the basis of professional scientific research. In this study we analyzed three consecutive experiments: The subjects had to complete a questionnaire three times under similar conditions within a 2–3 week interval to ensure reproducibility of the original data from experiment to experiment, using the method of test–retest reliability. Absolute reliability was assessed by the standard error of measurement (SEM) and smallest real difference (SRD). The relative reliability was estimated by calculating the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC3,1) (average measures) and the results demonstrate almost perfect agreement. The social interaction model was applied for organization of the experimental study. In this virtual model, the participants had to choose one of three types of reactions (i.e., attacking, avoiding, or friendly) to stimuli-facial expressions (i.e., angry, fearful, sad, neutral, and happy). The results show significant correlation between personal characteristics and social interactions. The results of the influence of such personal characteristics as agreeableness, collectivism, extraversion, neuroticism, and those shown on the Relational-interdependent Self-Construal Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory are highly consistent with other researchers’ data and common sense.

AB - Accurate repeatability of experimental data is the basis of professional scientific research. In this study we analyzed three consecutive experiments: The subjects had to complete a questionnaire three times under similar conditions within a 2–3 week interval to ensure reproducibility of the original data from experiment to experiment, using the method of test–retest reliability. Absolute reliability was assessed by the standard error of measurement (SEM) and smallest real difference (SRD). The relative reliability was estimated by calculating the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC3,1) (average measures) and the results demonstrate almost perfect agreement. The social interaction model was applied for organization of the experimental study. In this virtual model, the participants had to choose one of three types of reactions (i.e., attacking, avoiding, or friendly) to stimuli-facial expressions (i.e., angry, fearful, sad, neutral, and happy). The results show significant correlation between personal characteristics and social interactions. The results of the influence of such personal characteristics as agreeableness, collectivism, extraversion, neuroticism, and those shown on the Relational-interdependent Self-Construal Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory are highly consistent with other researchers’ data and common sense.

KW - Personality

KW - Social interactions

KW - Test–retest reliability

KW - ANXIETY

KW - social interactions

KW - EMOTION

KW - SELF

KW - test-retest reliability

KW - AGREEABLENESS

KW - 5-FACTOR MODEL

KW - CORRELATION-COEFFICIENT

KW - INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES

KW - personality

KW - PERSONALITY-TRAITS

KW - BRAIN

KW - FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063139236&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/bs8100097

DO - 10.3390/bs8100097

M3 - Article

C2 - 30360361

AN - SCOPUS:85063139236

VL - 8

JO - Behavioral Sciences and the Law

JF - Behavioral Sciences and the Law

SN - 0735-3936

IS - 10

M1 - 97

ER -