1. Tests made in Germany:
International use of psychological tests from the German-speaking countries
Saskia Naescher*, Gabriel Schui, & Günter Krampen
Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID), University of Trier ICP 2012
* naescher@zpid.de
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-2010
Fig. 1: Percentage of psychology literature publications with German authorship in
English language from 1951-2010 (PSYNDEX Literature)
Number of new test publications
300 266
250
200 272
Method 150 86 211
268
100 38 11 38 85
• 47 66
50 11
o Analysis of PSYNDEX Tests database, containing 6,500 records of 0
psychological tests from the German-speaking countries. Limiting
criteria: N = 1,152 tests developments from German-speaking
countries (Austria, Germany or Switzerland) published between 1951
and 2010 in German language: = 115 with (vs. = 1,037 without) Years
English translation.
o Analysis of PsycINFO database, containing over 3 million records of German-language test developments
psychological publications (international coverage with Anglo-American Adaptions of Anglo-american tests
bias). Limiting criteria: N = 670 research studies from German- (see
Fig. 2: Number of German test developments vs. German-language adaptions of Anglo-
above) vs. N = 43 from English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada,
American tests in published German psychology tests from 1951-2010 (PSYNDEX Tests)
England, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, North America, United
Kingdom, & United States) published between 1951 and 2010, employing Fig. 3: Percentages of test
one of the 115 specified tests from German-speaking countries with 100% developments from German-
English translation (see above). 90%
speaking countries with and
without English translation from
Results 80%
70%
1951-2010 (PSYNDEX Tests)
• 60% 10 %
o 50%
40%
o 30%
20% 90 %
10% No En En
0% Fig. 4: Percentage of test
developments from German-
• speaking countries with and
o No English translation English translation without English translation
2001-2010
Conclusion
1991-2000
• 1981-1990
En
1971-1980 Ge
• 1961-1970
1951-1960
• 0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Fig. 5: Number of research studies from English- vs. German-speaking countries
employing test developments from German-speaking countries (PsycINFO)
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