Toney is developing a questionnaire to measure an individual's anxiety in new situations.If the items on the questionnaire are each intended to directly assess the various aspects of the clinical definition of anxiety,then measure is said to have
A) reactivity.
B) correlational validity.
C) convergent validity.
D) content validity.

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Content validity refers to whether the questions on the questionnaire assess the specific aspects or content of the construct being measured. In this case, if the items are directly assessing the various aspects of the clinical definition of anxiety, then the measure has content validity. Reactivity refers to whether the act of being measured (i.e. taking the questionnaire) affects the individual's behavior or responses. Correlational validity refers to whether the measure correlates with other measures of the same construct. Convergent validity refers to whether the measure correlates with measures of related constructs.

Toney Is Developing a Questionnaire to Measure an Individual's Anxiety