title: Parent and teacher ratings of temperamental disposition to social anxiety: the BIS 3-6.
abstract: Behavioral inhibition (BI) discourages children from interacting, predisposing them to isolation, social anxiety, and depression. We have created the Behavioral Inhibition Scale for Children Aged 3 to 6 (BIS 3-6) to detect this trait early. Parents and teachers of 365 preschoolers completed different versions of the BIS 3-6 and provided measures of psychopathology. Both versions are structured into 1 factor that explains over 40% of total variability and displays excellent internal consistency (α = .95). The moderate correlations with measures of internalizing symptoms (r = .50) and nonexistent correlations with externalizing measures suggest adequate convergent and discriminant validity. A new scoring system is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. sergi.ballespi@uab.es
authors.forename: Sergi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ballespí
authors.forename: M Claustre
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jané
authors.forename: M Dolors
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Riba
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010551:Personality; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013694:Temperament