The content and wording of items are critical for effective survey research. Review the specification of your construct and make sure that all of the dimensions are covered by survey questions. For example, if you were studying posttraumatic stress, you would want to make sure that the instrument that you selected included questions about symptoms of intrusion such as nightmares and flashbacks, symptoms of avoidance such as emotional numbing and going out of your way to avoid settings similar to the one where the trauma occurred, and symptoms of hyperarousal such as vigilance and irritability.
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