Time-consuming for participants. Some adolescents become fatigued. Participant can become frustrated. Need to monitor this and decide whether to push to complete vs. end task. Time-consuming to administer.
Some adolescents become self-conscious if they think they are taking too long.
Limited use in adolescent research - no published reliability estimates. Carefully consider purpose of Q-Sort. Decide whether to use forced distribution or enable flexibility. Forced distribution is easier to analyze and is most commonly used. Need to decide how many discriminations want participant to make.