A factor analytic study of the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS)

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 164-170

  Craparo, Giuseppe ^a   Faraci, Palmira ^a   Fasciano, Silvia ^a   Carrubba, Stefano ^a   Gori, Alessio ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boredom; Boredom proneness; BPS; Factorial structure; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; BOREDOM PRONENESS SCALE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CREATIVITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 84885052679     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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