Abstract
Two orthogonal personality traits or predispositions, impulsiveness and anxiety, have been invariant in five separate factor analyses. One of these analyses is presented here along with an item analysis of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) which has a high loading on the impulsiveness factor. The BIS has never significantly correlated with any of the various anxiety or emotional stability measures in over 50 administrations of the scale, further evidence for the invariance of these two second-order factors.
Keywords
Barratt Impulsiveness ScalePsychologyAnxietyClinical psychologyPsychometricsConfirmatory factor analysisImpulsivityPersonalityMeasurement invarianceBig Five personality traitsSocial psychologyPsychiatryStructural equation modelingStatistics
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- 1965
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- 16
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- 2
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- 547-554
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Ernest S. Barratt
(1965).
Factor Analysis of Some Psychometric Measures of Impulsiveness and Anxiety.
Psychological Reports
, 16
(2)
, 547-554.
https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.16.2.547
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- 10.2466/pr0.1965.16.2.547