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Self-regulation and positive traits

Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale.

CIHS

What it measures
intellectual humility; independence of intellect and ego; openness to revising viewpoint; respect for others' viewpoints; lack of intellectual overconfidence
Length and format
22 items. 5-point Likert (strongly disagree to strongly agree); 4 subscales (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Adapted into Spanish, German, Chinese, Turkish and other languages
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Krumrei-Mancuso, E. J., & Rouse, S. V. (2016). The development and validation of the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98(2), 209-221.

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