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Anatomy of the white bear suppression inventory (WBSI): A review of previous findings and a new approach
Schmidt, Ralph E.; Gay, Philippe; Courvoisier, Delphine et al.
2009In Journal of Personality Assessment, 91 (4), p. 323-330
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Abstract :
[en] 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.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Schmidt, Ralph E.;  University of Geneva, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Rue des Battoirs 7, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland, Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Gay, Philippe;  University of Geneva, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Rue des Battoirs 7, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland, Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Courvoisier, Delphine;  Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jermann, Françoise;  University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Ceschi, Grazia;  Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
David, Melissa;  Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Brinkmann, Kerstin;  Geneva Motivation Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
Anatomy of the white bear suppression inventory (WBSI): A review of previous findings and a new approach
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Journal of Personality Assessment
ISSN :
0022-3891
eISSN :
1532-7752
Publisher :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, United States - New Jersey
Volume :
91
Issue :
4
Pages :
323-330
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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