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The Behavioral Inhibition System and Behavioral Approach System (BIS/BAS) Scales: Measurement and structural invariance across adults and adolescents
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Cooper, A and Gomez, R and Aucote, H, The Behavioral Inhibition System and Behavioral Approach System (BIS/BAS) Scales: Measurement and structural invariance across adults and adolescents, Personality and Individual Differences: An International Journal of Research Into The Structure and Development of Personality and The Causation of Individual Differences, 43, (2) pp. 295-305. ISSN 0191-8869 (2007) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.023
Abstract
Confirmatory factor analytic procedures were used to examine the factor structure of Carver and White's BIS/BAS Scales, and also its invariance across adults and adolescents. This measure, developed originally for adult use, has four scales: one for the Behavioural Inhibition System, and three for the Behavioural Approach System. To accomplish the aims, 631 adults and 300 adolescents completed the measure. The findings provided good support for the 4-factor structure, and for between-group invariance for the measurement (configural and metric) and structural (factor variances and covariances) models. These results mean that data obtained on the BIS/BAS Scales from early adolescents are directly comparable to scores from adults.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Psychology |
| Research Group: | Social and personality psychology |
| Research Field: | Personality and individual differences |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
| Objective Field: | Behaviour and health |
| UTAS Author: | Gomez, R (Professor Rapson Gomez) |
| ID Code: | 62834 |
| Year Published: | 2007 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 81 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2010-03-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2010-05-05 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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