Barratt Impulsiveness Scale.

BIS-11

What it measures

trait impulsiveness; attentional impulsiveness; motor impulsiveness; non-planning impulsiveness

Length and format

30 items. 4-point Likert (rarely/never to almost always/always); 3 second-order + 6 first-order factors (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into 20+ languages incl. Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Patton, J. H., Stanford, M. S., & Barratt, E. S. (1995). Factor structure of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51(6), 768-774.