Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants
Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Self-selection biases in psychological studies: Personality and affective disorders are prevalent among participants Izabela Kaźmierczak , Anna Zajenkowska , Radosław Rogoza, Peter K. Jonason, Dawid Ścigała Published: March 8, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281046 Abstract Respondents select the type of psychological studies that they want to participate in consistence with their needs and individual characteristics, which creates an unintentional self-selection bias. The question remains whether participants attracted by psychological studies may have more psychological dysfunctions related to personality…