Attitude toward online administration of tests in Italian psychologists

Notwithstanding the debate about the advantages and disadvantages of internet administration of tests and testings, little is specifically known about recent attitudes concerning this issue in Italy. Recent data derived from a European Federation of Psychologists’ survey showed (a) there was not a high agreement about the fact that computer-based testing is progressively replacing paper and pencil tests; (b) a medium agreement about advantages with internet administration, improvement of administration quality, the possibility of fraud, privacy, and quality of test administration. The aim of this presentation is to add information to this topic. 828 Italian psychologists all using tests participated in the study. A 12-item questionnaire concerning various issues about online test use (e,g, similarities and differences between online administration, scoring, normative data; adaptation according to different kinds of clients, etc.) was administered to 820 Italian psychologists all test users extracted from a larger sample. Only 184 (22,33%) declared to use online tests. Significant differences concerning attitude toward online administration were found for some of the topics investigated between psychologists who use online tests and psychologists who did not use this kind of administration.