Internal Consistency of the Human Behavior Rating Scale

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13660464
AutoresSuzanne Woods‐Groves (0000-0001-6253-5631, University of Iowa, autor de correspondencia), Suzanne Woods-Groves (University of Iowa), Ronald C Eaves (Auburn University), Thomas O Williams (Virginia Tech)
Año2009
Volumen105
Número3
Páginas835-848
Fecha de publicación2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.105.3.835-848
PMID20099546
OpenAlexW1984817360
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas19

The internal consistency of the Human Behavior Rating Scale (HBRS) was investigated. The 91-item Likert-type scale is designed to measure five dimensions: persistence, curiosity, externalizing affect, internalizing affect, and cognition. It is used as a research tool to investigate the tenets of Eaves' 1993 integrated theory of human behavior. Three separate sampling plans were employed. Teachers and nonteachers completed Human Behavior Rating Scale ratings of children ranging in age from 5 to 18 years old. Cronbach coefficients alpha were reported by sex, grade, or age for the three samples. Of the 185 reported alpha coefficients, 175 were at or above .90, while 10 had values between .80 and .89

Affect (linguistics · Cartography · Cronbach's alpha · Curiosity · Developmental psychology · Internal consistency · Likert scale · Psychometrics · Rating scale · Scale (ratio · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology