Toward a unification of acquiescent, extreme, and midpoint response styles

From a cross-cultural perspective, we studied the psychological meaning of a generalized response style that combines acquiescent, extreme, and midpoint response styles. Individual- and country-level indexes of the three specific response styles were constructed from eight multicountry surveys for correlation and multilevel analyses. At both levels, we confirmed a general response style factor with a positive loading of extreme response style, a...