Acceptance of Computerized Compared to Paper-and-Pencil Assessment in Psychiatric Inpatients.

Investigated the acceptance of computerized assessment, particularly compared to conventional paper-and-pencil techniques, in seriously impaired psychiatric inpatients. Describes the development of a self-rating questionnaire (OPQ, Operation and Preference Questionnaire) and reports results that showed computerized assessment was convincingly well-accepted and even superior to paper-and-pencil techniques. (Author/LRW)