Animated test for Psychological Research (ADOLESCENTS’ PERSONAL TRAITS DIAGNOSTICS): development experience
Aim. To develop a new method for the diagnostics of personality traits in adolescents using animated images. The method was called “Animated Personality Test - KEATP”, “Personality ATest - KEATP” for short. Methodology. The Tilda Publishing (tilda.ws) was used in the research as well as the application Google Forms for questions management. The pilot version of the “Personality ATest - KEATP” includes 15 pairs of opposite animated images to diagnose basic personality dispositions: extraversion, benevolence, conscientiousness, neuroticism and expressivity. The study involved 141 adolescents aged from 12 to 15 years; there were 81 girls (57.4%) among them. Results. The five-scale structure of the questionnaire was confirmed by the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The internal consistency of the ATest scales was substantiated. The convergent validity of the method was justified by the expected statistically significant correlations of its scales with the scales of the “Big five questionnaire - children version”. The results support the idea of creating animated tests for using them in psychological research and they are a small step towards responding to the growing digital challenges of psychological reality. Research implications. The research is aimed at finding and creating new effective tools for psychological diagnostics in adolescence using modern digital technologies.