o:3050 The Effects of High-Stakes Versus Low-Stakes Contexts and Item Framing on the Manifestation of Response Styles in Self-Report Questionnaires11 Efekti konteksta sa visokim i niskim ulozima i formulacije ajtema na ispoljavanje stilova odgovaranja u upitnicima samoprocene en Godišnjak za psihologiju, Vol. 22, 2025, str. 27-46 This study examined how situational factors shape four common response styles - extreme responding, acquiescence, disacquiescence, and midpoint responding - using the Representative Indicators of Response Styles (RIRS) approach. Two manipulations were implemented: (a) stakes of the situation (low-stakes vs. high-stakes) and (b) item framing (self-referent vs. other-referent). Data were collected from a sample of adults from Serbia (N = 540) aged 18 to 86 (Mage = 38.25; SDage = 15.30) who completed 20 heterogeneous items under both situational conditions. Response style indices were calculated based on recoding procedures, and repeated-measures ANOVAs were used to test main and interaction effects. Results indicated that both acquiescence and extreme responding were significantly stronger under high-stakes instructions compared to low-stakes, though effect sizes were small, likely reflecting the simulated rather than real consequences of the manipulation. By contrast, item framing had a robust impact: self-referent items elicited greater acquiescent, extreme, and disacquiescent responding, whereas other-referent items produced higher midpoint responding. These findings align with self–other knowledge asymmetry, whereby individuals express greater confidence and certainty in judgments about themselves relative to others. Interaction effects of stakes and item framing were generally non-significant, except for disacquiescence, which was more prevalent in low-stakes contexts. Response styles, acquiescence, extreme responding, self-report questionnaires, situational context stilovi odgovaranja, akviesencija, ekstremno odgovaranje, upitnici samoprocene, situacioni kontekst 1552099 10.46630 1552101 1451-5407 2025-12-25T11:23:56.773Z 44 yes 46 Ivana Pedović Filozofski fakultet 66754825 0000-0001-6547-909X 2025 application/pdf 446755 https://phaidrani.ni.ac.rs/o:3050 no yes 18 70 11 1065898 92000001 2025 18A13 18A1304 1 Godišnjak za psihologiju 22 27 46 Niš : Filozofski fakultet 2025