Psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11) in nonclinical subjects

• Published in: Journal of clinical psychology Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 815 - 828
• Main Authors: Fossati, Andrea, Di Ceglie, Antonella, Acquarini, Elena, Barratt, Ernest S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2001; Wiley; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Impulsive Behavior - psychology; Italy; Male; Medical sciences; Personality; Psychological Tests; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reproducibility of Results; Techniques and methods; Translating; United States; United States; Italy; Human; Evaluation; Impulsivity; Italian; Personality test; Foreign language version; Factor analysis; Questionnaire; Psychometrics; Personality; Impulsiveness Scale Barrett; Revised drafting; Test reliability; Intertrial interval; Item analysis; Test validation; Construct validity; Follow up study; Convergent validity; Principal component analysis

To assess the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale‐11 (BIS‐11), the scale was administered to 763 college undergraduates. Based on analyses using item‐total correlations and t‐tests for differences between the top and the bottom total score quartiles,...