Consciousness Quotient Inventory Improvement: Qualitative Study Using Cognitive Interviewing Approach

AbstractAfter developing Consciousness Quotient Inventory - CQI (Brazdau, 2009), research showed the need for improvement. The purpose of the current studies was to adapt and improve the CQI by revealing how demographically heterogeneous participant group (N=12) cognitively evaluate the life situations described by the CQI items. The CQI was revised two times in the light of the newest literature on conscious experience (Study #1) and using Willis’ cognitive interviewing methodology (1999), by conducting individual Cognitive interviews and further improved the CQI (Study #2). As a result, the format and the content of all 62 the items have been improved significantly