Psychology Questionnaire
Move past a questionnaire that borrows scale items from a published study and calls it done. Confirm whether you actually have the right to use that instrument, and check whether you need review before you can send it to a single participant.
If this questionnaire is part of a research study, and not just an internal survey, there's a step that has to happen before the first response comes in, not after. Under the Common Rule, research involving human subjects, which a psychology questionnaire almost always is, generally requires review by an Institutional Review Board before enrollment begins, and a researcher can't decide on their own that a study qualifies for a low-risk exemption, the IRB has to make that call. If the study isn't exempt, informed consent is required, leading with a concise summary of the study's purpose, duration, risks, and benefits, not buried in dense text.
The other question worth asking before the questionnaire goes out is whether you actually have the right to use the specific items in it. Most validated instruments, the Beck Depression Inventory or the MMPI among them, are copyrighted, and using or modifying them without permission is a violation the APA's own ethics guidance treats as unethical and illegal, not just a licensing technicality. One well-known exception: Pfizer made the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 freely available without copyright restriction in 2010 specifically to encourage broader use, but not every instrument gets that treatment, so confirm the terms for whatever scale you're borrowing from.
Typeform's psychology questionnaire gives you a structure to build from, informed consent language up front, demographic and screening questions, and space for whatever validated or original items your study actually uses, rather than pre-filled scale items that may or may not be yours to use. Every submitted response becomes a timestamped record of what was disclosed and what consent was given, the file you want if an IRB asks to see your consent process or a participant's data needs to be traced back to what they actually agreed to.
A psychology questionnaire is a structured survey used to collect data for research or assessment, typically including informed consent language, demographic questions, and a set of items measuring the construct being studied, whether that's an original scale or an established, validated instrument.
If it's part of research involving human subjects, generally yes. Under the Common Rule, an Institutional Review Board typically has to review the study before participants are enrolled. Some low-risk survey research may qualify for an exemption, but that determination has to come from the IRB, not the researcher deciding independently. Contact your institution's IRB office before proceeding rather than assuming your survey qualifies.
Only if you have permission, in most cases. Standardized instruments like the Beck Depression Inventory or the MMPI are copyrighted, and the American Psychological Association treats unauthorized use or modification of a test as both unethical and a copyright violation. A notable exception: the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were made freely available without copyright restriction by their developer in 2010 specifically to encourage wider use. Check the specific terms for whatever instrument you're using rather than assuming it's free to reuse.
Capture what a study or assessment actually needs, with permissions confirmed upfront:
- Informed consent language, including purpose, duration, risks, and benefits, if used for research
- Demographic or screening questions relevant to the study
- The specific items or scales being used, with permission confirmed for any copyrighted instrument
- Contact information for questions or withdrawal from the study
- A way to timestamp and track consent
Yes. Typeform's signature question lets a participant sign by typing, drawing, or uploading their signature, time-stamps it the moment they submit, and locks the response so it can't be changed afterward, generating a PDF you can keep on file. It's available on Typeform's Growth Flow, Growth Custom, and Enterprise plans.
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