Education Endowment Foundation: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale- 11

About the measure

Subscales

Attention; Cognitive instability; Motor; Perseverance; Self-control; Cognitive complexity

Example

I do things without thinking

Key Stage

Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5

Domains

Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait)

Rating Psychometric

Rating Implementation

Implementation

No. of items

30

Format

Likert

Respondent

Self

Scoring

Standardised

Age

8 – 18 year(s)

Cost single purchase

Free

Cost per child

Free

Psychometric

UK norms

No

Chronbach's alpha

.44-.85

Text retest

6 months, r= [.30,.66]

Inter-rater reliability

Not reported

EFA

3‑factor orthogo

CFA

SB-Chi-square(390)= 1566.93Chi-square/df = 4.02IFI = .91CFI = .91RMSEA = .06

Criterion validity

Not reported

Construct validity

r= .50 with antisocial behaviour (Antisocial Process Screening Device); r= .56 with psychopathic traits (Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory); r= .40 with callous (The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits); r= .18 with narcissism (Narcissistic Personality Inventory-13); r= .39 with aggression (Reactive – Proactive Aggression Questionnaire); r = .33 with conduct disorder symptoms; r= .43 with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Wender Utah)

Predictive validity

Not reported

Responsiveness

Not reported

Floor/Ceiling

Not reported

References

Pechorro, P., Ayala-Nunes, L., Ray, J. V., Nunes, C., & Gonçalves, R. A. (2016). The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 among a school sample of Portuguese male and female adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(9), 2753 – 2764. doi:10.1007/s10826-016‑0453‑2 Cosi, S., Vigil-Colet, A., Canals, J., & Lorenzo-Seva, U. (2008). Psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11‑A for children. Psychological Reports, 103(2), 336 – 346. doi:10.2466/pr0.103.2.336 – 346 Fossati, A., Barratt, E. S., Acquarini, E., & Di Ceglie, A. (2002). Psychometric properties of an adolescent version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 for a sample of Italian high school students. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 95(2), 621 – 635. doi:10.2466/pms.2002.95.2.621 Hartmann, A. S., Rief, W., & Hilbert, A. (2011). Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Version 11 (Bis – 11) for Adolescents. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 112(2), 353 – 368. doi:10.2466/08.09.10.pms.112.2.353 – 368