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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.10.166

Validation of the Need for Closure Scale-Short Form  

Kim, Eunkyung (Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University Guri Hospital)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.10, 2020 , pp. 166-173 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to validate the Need for Closure Scale-Short Form (NFCS-SF), which measures the need for cognitive closure. Participants completed questionnaires regarding need for cognitive closure, intolerance of uncertainty, depression, and anxiety. Of the 536 data collected between May and July 2017, data from a total of 495 participants were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 and M-Plus. The results of the study are as follows. First, a 15-item selection comprised three items from each facet scale via exploratory factor analysis. Second, the NFCS-SF demonstrated good internal consistency (Study 1, Cronbach's α=.85; Study 2, Cronbach's α=.84). Third, the results of the confirmatory factor analyses supported a 5-factor model (χ2(80)=178.34, p<.001; CFI=.87, TLI=.83, RMSEA=.07, SRMR=.08). Fourth, the NFCS-SF showed significant correlation with the measures of intolerance of uncertainty (r=.58, p<.01), depression (r=.16, p<.05), and anxiety (state anxiety, r=.31, p<.01; trait anxiety, r=.29, as well as the NFCS (r=.86, p<.01). Based on these findings, significance and limitations of the results as well as suggestions for further study are discussed.
Keywords
Need for Cognitive Closure; Need for Closure Scale; Need for Closure Scale-Short Form; Reliability; Validity;
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