Adaptation and construct validation of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS 11) to Brazilian Portuguese for use in adolescents Adaptação e validade de constructo da escala de impulsividade de Barrat (BIS 11) para o português do Brasil para o uso em adolescentes

OBJECTIVE: Impulsivity is associated with different psychiatric disorders. The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale version 11 is one of the scales mostly used to measure impulsivity and it does not have a validated version for Brazilian Portuguese. The objective of this study is to adapt and conduct the con...

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Main Authors: Lisia von Diemen, Claudia Maciel Szobot, Felix Kessler, Flavio Pechansky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Men
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000200012