Equivalence of Traditional and Internet-Delivered Testing of Word Fluency Tasks

Changes from traditional face-to-face to internet-delivered psychological assessment are urgently needed giventhe long-lasting pandemic, the general need for fast and efficient tests test procedures, easier availabilityand access test-takers in remote settings. We used a quasi-experimental non-randomized group design thecomparison of two word fluency procedures: one that is (n = 30) supervisedvia internet 30). Participants were 17-31 years, education level high school Bachelor. The letters S, K, Twere phonemic test, emotion subjects had generate words relatedto subjective emotional feelings or expression emotions. results showed administeredand testing equivalent (our hypothesis) as seen absence significant differencesbetween groups performances all four (p > .05) small effect sizes (Cohen’sd range < .5). Significant correlations found between tasks, irrespective way testadministration .05). It can be concluded tasks assessed by supervised testing, but this limited sample young adults.