Measuring behavioral inhibition and behavioral activation in children - validation of czech bis/bas scale
Streszczenie
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.