The Analysis of Internal Consistency and Internal Structure of Questionnaires of Tolerance / Intolerance to Ambiguity: IAS, TAN, MSTAT-I and MSTAT-II
https://doi.org/10.25205/2658-4506-2021-14-1-116-128
Abstract
The article presents the results of internal consistency and internal structure analysis on a sample
of 184 subjects of the four most widely used questionnaires of tolerance / intolerance to ambiguity: the Intolerance to Ambiguity Scale (IAS) by S. Badner, Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale (MSTAT-I and MSTAT-II) D. McLane and the Tolerance-intolerance of ambiguity new questionnaire (TAN) by T. V. Kornilova. The IAS subscales showed low internal consistency, the Tolerance-intolerance of ambiguity new questionnaire scale showed satisfactory internal consistency and the MSTAT-I and MSTAT-II scales showed high internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the five-factor model of MSTAT-I, the other models were not confirmed on our data. Exploratory factor analysis revealed unsatisfactory internal structure of the IAS, TAN, MSTAT-II. The results of the study are discussed.
About the Author
M. V. Zlobina
Novosibirsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina V. Zlobina, Assistant Lecturer of the Section of Personality Psychology
Novosibirsk
RSCI AuthorID 959328
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Zlobina M.V. The Analysis of Internal Consistency and Internal Structure of Questionnaires of Tolerance / Intolerance to Ambiguity: IAS, TAN, MSTAT-I and MSTAT-II. Reflexio. 2021;14(1):116-128. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2658-4506-2021-14-1-116-128
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