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A confirmatory approach to the factor structure of the Boredom Proneness Scale: Evidence for a two-factor short form
Journal of personality assessment, Vol.85(3), pp.295-303
12/01/2005
PMID: 16318568
Web of Science ID: WOS:000233469900005
Abstract
We analyzed previous exploratory factor analytic structures on the Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS; Farmer & Sundberg, 1986) using confirmatory factor analysis in structural equation modeling in LISREL 8 (Jöreskog & Sörbom, 1993). These analyses indicated that 2 factors were generally consistent across 6 exploratory models. Items that had significant loadings on these two factors (N = 12; 6 for each factor) indicated a lack of Internal Stimulation and External Stimulation. In further analysis on these 12 items using LISREL, we found a much improved fit and provided support for a short form version of the original BPS. We also found the shortened version to be invariant across gender. We discuss implications for the more precise measurement of boredom proneness and the use of the scale in applied settings.
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- Title
- A confirmatory approach to the factor structure of the Boredom Proneness Scale
- Publication Details
- Journal of personality assessment, Vol.85(3), pp.295-303
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Copyright
- © 2005, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
- Identifiers
- WOS:000233469900005; 99380513296906600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English