BIS-15
The BIS-15 is a short form of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). Note that the name of the BIS11 represents the number of revisions (i.e., the 11th revision) while the name of the BIS-15 represents the number of items.
For information about the long version, please see: Patton, J.H., Stanford, M.S., & Barratt, E.S. (1995). Factor structure of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51, 768-774. Stanford, M.S., Mathias, C.W., Dougherty, D.M., Lake, S.L., Anderson, N.E., & Patton, J.H. (2009). Fifty years of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale: An update and review. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 385-395.
The BIS-15 was first developed by Spinella (2007) and is available in English (1), Spanish (2), and German (3): (1) Spinella, M. (2007). Normative data and a short form of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. International Journal of Neuroscience, 117, 359-368. (2) Orozco-Cabal, L., Rodriguez, M., Herin, D.V., Gempeler, J., Uribe, M. (2010). Validity and Reliability of the Abbreviated Barratt Impulsiveness Scale in Spanish (BIS-15S). Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría, 39, 93-109. (3) Meule, A., Vögele, C., & Kübler, A. (2011). Psychometrische Evaluation der deutschen Barratt Impulsiveness Scale - Kurzversion (BIS-15) [Psychometric evaluation of the German Barratt Impulsiveness Scale - Short Version (BIS-15)]. Diagnostica, 57, 126-133.
The BIS-15 consists of three subscales and items are scored 1-4: Subscale
Non-planning impulsivity
Motor impulsivity
Attentional impulsivity
*inverted item
Item 1* 5* 7* 8* 15* 2 9 10 12 13 3 4* 6 11 14
