Half-Year Retest-Reliability of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale–Short Form (BIS-15)

Adrian Meule, Martina Mayerhofer, Tilman Gründel, Jasmin Berker, Carina Beck Teran and Petra Platte

SAGE Open, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 2158244015576548

Abstract: One of the most widely used instruments for the measurement of impulsivity is the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). The short form of the BIS-11, the BIS-15, consists of 15 items representing the three subscales Attentional, Motor , and Non-Planning Impulsivity . In the current study, retest-reliabilities of BIS-15 scores were examined. Female university students completed the BIS-15 at the beginning of the first ( n = 133) and second ( n = 120) semesters. Half-year retest-reliability was r tt = .79 for the BIS-15 total score and ranged between r tt = .61 and .78 for the subscales. Considering the long time span of almost half a year between measurements, the total score of the BIS-15 has high retest-reliability and, thus, measures impulsivity as a stable personality trait.

Keywords: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; BIS-11; BIS-15; impulsivity; retest-reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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