Anatomy of the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI): A Review of Previous Findings and a New Approach
Type
Article dans une revue scientifique
Date de publication
2009-07-01
Langue de la référence
Anglais
Unité(s) / centre(s) de recherche hors HEP
Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Résumé
The White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI; Wegner & Zanakos, 1994) was originally designed to assess people's inclination toward thought suppression. In this article, we provide a detailed review of previous findings on the structure of this instrument and present a study that took a new statistical approach. It involved an exploratory factor analysis of the French WBSI using the weighted least squares mean and variance estimator as well as parametric item response theory analyses. Results clearly supported a 2-factor structure with a "suppression" and an "intrusion" dimension. Follow-up regression analyses revealed that intrusion significantly predicted anxiety and depression scores, whereas suppression did not.
Titre du périodique
Mention d’édition
Routledge
Pays d'édition
Etats-Unis
ISSN
0022-3891
EISSN
1532-7752
Peer Reviewed
Portée (nationale / internationale)
Internationale
Volume / Tome
91
Issue
4
Pagination
323-330
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