Document Type : original article

Authors

• solmaz soleimankhan ¹
• reza johari fard ²
• fariba Hafezi ²

¹ Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

² Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: The present study was an effort for the validation and confirmatory factor analysis of the impulsive behaviors scale among a group of Iranian children. Method: The research was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population consisted of children aged between 8 and 12 in Tehran city. A total of 315 individuals were selected by convenience sampling. The scale’s face validity was confirmed after its translation and the acquisition of experts’ and subjects’ perspectives. The SPSS and AMOS software was used for statistical analyses. Findings: The confirmatory factor analysis results showed that the five-factor structure of the scale desirably fitted with the data collected from a sample of Iranian children. Internal consistency values equaled 0.69, 0.79, 0.66, 0.79, and 0.72 for the subscales of lack of premeditation, positive urgency, negative urgency, lack of perseverance, and sensation-seeking. Conclusion: The results of the present research generally revealed that the children’s impulsive behaviors scale was a valid and reliable instrument capable of measuring impulsive behaviors and could be employed to evaluate impulsive behaviors in research and therapy centers.

Keywords

• Children
• reliability
• Impulsivity
• Validity