Investigating sensitivity to threat with the Behavioral Inhibition Scale (BIS) among children, adolescents and university students: The role of negatively-phrased questions

Heffer, Taylor; Lundale, Carly; Wylie, Breanne E.; Willoughby, Teena

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110416

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“…Moreover, we found that only the course of the BIS influenced on the development of anxiety symptoms. This may be related to the overall influence of BIS sensitivity to anxiety symptoms, regardless of types [ 6 , 11 ]. In turn, a mediating effect of sex on the developmental trajectory of BIS sensitivity was observed.…”

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“…According to Cummings, Caporino, and Kendall [ 9 ], BIS sensitivity may be a common risk factor for anxiety and depression, whereas BAS hypoactivity may be specific to depression with anhedonic symptoms in children and adolescents. In fact, high BIS sensitivity has been associated with both anxiety and depression problems in youth [ 10 , 11 , 12 ]. In turn, FFFS sensitivity has been related to fear [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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Temperamental Change in Adolescence and Its Predictive Role on Anxious Symptomatology

Balle

Fiol‐Veny

Torre‐Luque

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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Growing evidence supports the hypothesis that temperamental traits are not static throughout adolescence. The known links between both reactive and regulatory temperament and anxiety symptoms should be investigated bearing this hypothesis in mind. This study collected self-reported data on behavioral inhibition system (BIS) sensitivity, attentional control (AC), and anxiety symptomatology, from 296 adolescents (64.2% girls; M = 12.96 years at the first assessment, SD = 0.47) every six months, four times over eighteen months. The relationships between temperament factors (AC and BIS sensitivity), considered longitudinally (by means of their trajectories) and anxiety symptoms were investigated using Multigroup Latent Growth Modeling (MLGM), as well as the mediating effect of sex on trajectories and anxiety. BIS sensitivity decreased over time and showed differential patterns across sexes. AC remained relatively stable and we found no sex influence on its trajectory. On the other hand, we observed that the BIS sensitivity trajectory was a significant predictor of anxiety symptomatology at age 15. In conclusion, temperamental changes between the ages of 13 and 15 seem to play a relevant role in explaining subsequent anxiety symptomatology, under the mediating influence of sex.

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Temperamental Change in Adolescence and Its Predictive Role on Anxious Symptomatology

Balle

Fiol‐Veny

Torre‐Luque

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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“…We elected to include both factors in the final shyness scale, because we believed each item theoretically captured components of shyness, and because only reverse-worded items loaded onto the second factor. It is not uncommon for reverse worded items to comprise a separate factor and does not necessarily suggest a theoretically distinct factor (see Brown, 2003; Heffer et al, 2021; Woods, 2006, for reviews of this issue). The composite measure of shyness demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (α = .66).…”

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“…Factor 2 explained 14.52% of the variance, and factor loadings ranged from .61 to .78. Using the same rationale as with the shyness scale, we elected to include both factors in the final nonemotion self-regulation scale because we believed each item theoretically captured components of nonemotion self-regulation, and because only reverse-worded items loaded onto the second factor (Brown, 2003; Heffer et al, 2021; Woods, 2006). This scale demonstrated good internal consistency (a = .71).…”

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Shyness and prosocial tendencies during adolescence: Prospective influence of two types of self-regulation.

Hassan¹,

Willoughby²

2021

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Although children's self-regulation has been widely regarded as a panacea, there may be individual differences in the adaptiveness of self-regulatory processes depending on temperamental factors. We examined whether individual differences in two conceptually distinct types of self-regulation (i.e., emotion self-regulation, nonemotion self-regulation) moderated the association between shyness measured during late childhood (N = 1284; 49.8% girls, 84.1% White, mean parental education fell between associate's degree/diploma and undergraduate degree) and prosocial tendencies indexed approximately two years later during early adolescence. We found that children's shyness was negatively associated with adolescents' prosocial tendencies only at high levels of emotion self-regulation, and that shyness was positively related to prosocial tendencies only at low levels of nonemotion self-regulation. In the context of relatively higher levels of shyness, being "over" emotionally regulated may interfere with positive socioemotional outcomes. These findings may provide additional insight into the heterogeneity of self-regulation, and why some shy children may be reluctant to engage in prosocial acts.

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“…Perhaps these items were difficult for students to interpret or the items were simply misaligned. Negatively worded items, historically, have posed challenges in factor analysis (Lai, 1994) and continue to be reported as causing interpretational difficulties in applied research (Heffer et al, 2021). Prior research shows that reverse coding can have a negative impact on reliability (e.g.…”

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The autonomy of informal STEM and benefits of andragogy with gifted children

Calabrese

Capraro

2021

JRIT

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Purpose In distinguishing the education of adults from the education of children, a gray area lies on where to classify gifted and honors students. The purpose of this study was to determine if the attitudes of students at an honors STEM summer camp paralleled the educational needs of adults, namely self-directed learning.Design/methodology/approach Researchers analyzed survey responses through an exploratory factor analysis and five t tests.Findings The interpretation of the effect sizes showed that after engaging in a self-directed learning experience, students expressed more positive self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation, experienced reduced extrinsic motivation and anxiety, and were less task-completion oriented.Originality/value The results suggest that gifted and honors students may have a propensity to learn that is more similar to that of adults rather than their same-age peers.

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Investigating sensitivity to threat with the Behavioral Inhibition Scale (BIS) among children, adolescents and university students: The role of negatively-phrased questions

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Temperamental Change in Adolescence and Its Predictive Role on Anxious Symptomatology

Temperamental Change in Adolescence and Its Predictive Role on Anxious Symptomatology

Shyness and prosocial tendencies during adolescence: Prospective influence of two types of self-regulation.

The autonomy of informal STEM and benefits of andragogy with gifted children

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