خلاصة:
The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between conceptions of linguistic politeness and data collection preferences. Respectively, the study tried to design and validate a measure of Conception of Linguistic Politeness (CLP) based on Scollon and Scollon’s (1995) model as well as a measure of Data Collection Preferences (DCP). To this end, a total number of 502 individuals completed the CLP scale, and 199 participants filled out the DCP scale. The construct validity of the scales was checked using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) method. The results of the scales indicated that, the participants of the study tend to use deference politeness system and answer the implicit items more than the explicit ones in research. Furthermore, the relationship between the two scales suggested that the more polite Iranians’ linguistic conceptions get, the more they prefer to answer the implicit items in research. In the end, the results were discussed and the implications were presented.
ملخص الجهاز:
Respectively, the study tried to design and validate a measure of Conception of Linguistic Politeness (CLP) based on Scollon and Scollon’s (1995) model as well as a measure of Data Collection Preferences (DCP).
The results of the scales indicated that, the participants of the study tend to use deference politeness system and answer the implicit items more than the explicit ones in research.
Furthermore, the relationship between the two scales suggested that the more polite Iranians’ linguistic conceptions get, the more they prefer to answer the implicit items in research.
Introduction Data collection which aims at collecting information systematically on variables of interest in order to achieve integrity in research is under the influence of several factors such as sampling process, design of the study, social interaction between the researcher and the participants of the study, the context of the study, the field of study, the applied procedure, and researcher’s biases and perceptions (Sapsford & Jupp, 2006).
The terms ‘individualism’ and ‘collectivism’ (Dumont, 1986; Hofstede, 2011; Lukes, 1973) have gained the highest level of popularity in cross-cultural psychology as these constructs have been successfully implemented for the description, illumination, and prediction of varieties in the realm of values, cultural patterns, attitudes, cognition, social systems, morality, self- concepts, and ideology (for an overview, see Hofstede, 1980, 2001; Kagitçibasi, 1997; Miller, Bersoff, & Harwood, 1990; Oyserman, Coon & Kemmelmeier, 2002; Triandis, 1995;Witkin& Berry, 1975).