Psychometric qualities of the White Bear Suppression Inventory in a Dutch sample of children and adolescents |
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Authors: | Manon JB VinckenCor Meesters Iris M EngelhardErik Schouten |
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Institution: | a Orbis Medical Centre, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands b Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands c Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The White Bear Suppression Inventory WBSI; Wegner and Zanakos (1994)] was developed to assess the tendency to suppress unwanted thoughts. Most psychometric studies of the WBSI have included healthy students and adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. There has been increasing interest in thought suppression in children and adolescents, especially after a traumatic event, but little is known about the psychometric properties of the WBSI for children. The aim of this research was to examine the psychometric qualities of the WBSI in a Dutch sample of children and adolescents. Two studies were conducted. First, the WBSI’s factor structure, internal consistency and test-retest stability were examined in a sample of 203 primary school children (9-13 years). Second, the factor structure and content validity were assessed in 89 children and adolescents (8-18 years) who attended the emergency room after a road traffic accident. Results demonstrated that the WBSI items contribute to a single factor measuring the suppression of unwanted thoughts and that the reliability is satisfactory. Associations between the WBSI and PTSD-symptoms demonstrated sufficient content validity. The findings suggest that the WBSI can appropriately be used in child and adolescent samples. |
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Keywords: | White Bear Suppression Inventory Thought suppression Children Factor structure |
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