Barratt Impulsiveness Scale

Scoring

The BIS-11 is a 30-item self-report questionnaire that is scored to yield a total score, three second-order factors, and six first-order factors. The questions are published in the 1995 references article. The following is a list of the items contributing to each factor score.

• means reverse scored item

Validity

Patton et al. reported internal consistency coefficients for the BIS-11 total score that range from 0.79 to 0.83 for separate populations of under-graduates, substance-abuse patients, general psychiatric patients, and prison inmates.

Modified versions

Short versions of the BIS-11 have been developed. The BIS-15 developed by Spinella includes 15 of the original 30-item BIS-11 and has been used in several other languages such as German, Spanish, French, Thai, and Kannada. There is also an Italian version who has been labelled BIS-15 developed by Maggi and colleagues but shares only 12 items with Spinella's BIS-15. The BIS-Brief includes eight items of the original 30-item BIS-11.

References

References

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