Measuring behavioral inhibition and behavioral activation in children - validation of czech bis/bas scale
Abstrakt
Current trends to examine factors related to the risk of developing of anxiety disorders in children and adults require effective tools for measuring individual differences in experiencing fear during development. We present the self- -report Behavioral Inhibition System/ Behavioral Activation System (BIS/BAS) scale for children.
The BIS/BAS scale was developed by Carver and White (1994) and is based on reinforcement sensitivity theory (Gray, 1970, 1987, 1994). We verified the Czech version of BIS/BAS in a sample of 473 Czech children aged between 10 and 12 years.
The item analysis and both the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the Czech BIS/BAS scale has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used in schoolchildren.