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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2015 Jun 6;40:111–122. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.05.010

Table 4.

Constructs and Measures Relevant to Review of Dimension 4 (Emotion Approach and Tolerance) in AN and BN

Measure Primary Construct Format # Items
Behavioral Inhibition System and Behavioral Activation System Scales (BIS/BAS; Carver & White, 1994) - BAS Scales (Fun Seeking, Reward Responsiveness, and Drive) Behavioral Activation 4-point Likert-type scale; very true for me to very false for me 4 or 5 (subscales)
20 (total)
Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ; Torrubia et al., 2001) - Sensitivity to Reward scale Reward Sensitivity Forced-choice; Yes/No 24 (subscale)
48 (total)
Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ; Cloninger, 1987) - Novelty Seeking Scale Novelty Seeking Forced-choice; True/False 34 (subscale)
100 (total)
Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI; Cloninger et al., 1994) - Novelty Seeking Scale Novelty Seeking Forced-choice; True/False (5-point Likert-type scale for TCI-R) Varies by version
Distress Tolerance Scale (Corstorphine et al., 2007) - Avoidance of Affect subscale Distress Tolerance 5-point Likert-type scale; never to all the time 6 (subscale)
20 (total)
TPQ (Cloninger, 1987) - Harm Avoidance Scale Harm Avoidance Forced-choice; True/False 34 (subscale)
100 (total)
TCI (Cloninger et al., 1994) - Harm Avoidance Scale Harm Avoidance Forced-choice; True/False (5-point Likert-type scale for TCI-R) Varies by version
BIS/BAS (Carver & White, 1994) - BIS Scale Behavioral Inhibition 4-point Likert-type scale; very true for me to very false for me 7 (subscale)
20 (total)
SPSRQ (Torrubia et al., 2001) - Sensitivity to Punishment scale Punishment Sensitivity Forced-choice; Yes/No 24 (subscale)
48 (total)