Revising the BIS/BAS scale to study development: Measurement invariance and normative effects of age and sex from childhood through adulthood

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 429-442

  Pagliaccio, David ^a,g   Luking, Katherine R ^a,f   Anokhin, Andrey P ^b   Gotlib, Ian H ^c   Hayden, Elizabeth P ^d   Olino, Thomas M ^e   Peng, Chun Zi ^b   Hajcak, Greg ^f   Barch, Deanna M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BIS BAS; Confirmatory factor analysis; Development; Exploratory factor analysis; Invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION SYSTEM SCALE; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM SCALE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; FEMALE; FUN SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939863403     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000186     Document Type: Article

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