Comprehension of different question formulations and wordings Sample Clauses

Comprehension of different question formulations and wordings. Findings related to children’s comprehension of different question formulations and wordings confirmed the importance of using simple and short questions, with common everyday expressions and phrases that are directly related to children’s experiences, concrete activities and behaviours. All things considered, children without major difficulties most frequently comprehend questions that enquire about frequencies of specific activities, behaviours or affect. From this study, these are questions about child-parent relationships, bullying, and children’s positive and negative affects. Conversely, findings across countries show that more complex questions, consisting of several parts or conditional formulations (such as those aiming to capture children’s autonomy and the level of respecting the child's voice) are frequently hard to understand. In such cases, children often overlook some parts and only respond to the simpler, specific parts of the question.