Factor structure and construct validity of the Vando reducer-augmenter scale |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002 Jiangsu, PR China;2. Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People''s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, PR China;3. Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, PR China;4. Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada;5. State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 Jiangsu, PR China;1. School of Science, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China;2. School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China;3. School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China;4. School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China;1. School of Public Health and Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Health and Safety for Coal Industry, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063000, Hebei, China;2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kailuan General Hospital, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063000, Hebei, China;3. Department of Cardiology, Kailuan General Hospital, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063000, Hebei, China |
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| Abstract: | Factor analysis of 262 college students' responses to Vando's (1970, 1974) Reducer-Augmenter Scale (RAS) yielded three factors interpreted as Musical Reducing-Augmenting, General Lifestyle Reducing-Augmenting and Physical Thrill Seeking. Responses by 175 other students and by 238 male correctional inmates showed very similar solutions on target rotation. Subscale scores based on the three factors were correlated against the Eysenck Personality Inventory, the Sensation Seeking Scale, the Novelty-experiencing Scale, the Arousal-Seeking-Tendency Scale, hours of sleep, absolute auditory threshold and personally set volume for listening to stereo music. Some major findings were as follows: (1) The General Lifestyle subscale correlates substantially with measures of arousal and sensation seeking; (2) the Physical Thrill Seeking subscale correlates substantially with other measures of physical thrill seeking; (3) the Musical subscale correlates substantially with preferred stereo volume r(73) = 0.51, P < 0.01], but not with absolute auditory threshold r(40) = 0.08, NS]. Implications for the construct validity of the RAS and possible future refinement of the scale are discussed. |
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