Need for Cognition: Psychometric properties of the Czech version of the short Need for Cognition Scale

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Result language

čeština

Original language name

Potřeba poznávání: Studie psychometrických charakteristik zkrácené české verze Škály potřeby poznávání

Original language description

Need for cognition refers to tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive activities. As conceptualized by Cacioppo and Petty (1982) need for cognition is a cognitive disposition, relatively stable in time and only slightly related to intellectualcapacity and performance in terms of IQ. Need for Cognition Scale (NFCS) by Cacioppo and Petty is considered the most prevalent self report method for assessing need of cognition. Validity study of short Czech version of the questionnaire was performedon a sample of 679 participants (62% men, age 16 to 43, Me = 23). Results show good factor validity and high internal consistency ? a two-factor congeneric model (factors based on item wording) showed the best fit among all four tested models and is in accordance with recent research. Construct validity was assessed using need for cognitive closure and right wing authoritarianism questionnaires; in accordance with theoretical assumptions, NFCS correlates negatively with both measures.

Czech name

Potřeba poznávání: Studie psychometrických charakteristik zkrácené české verze Škály potřeby poznávání

Czech description

Need for cognition refers to tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive activities. As conceptualized by Cacioppo and Petty (1982) need for cognition is a cognitive disposition, relatively stable in time and only slightly related to intellectualcapacity and performance in terms of IQ. Need for Cognition Scale (NFCS) by Cacioppo and Petty is considered the most prevalent self report method for assessing need of cognition. Validity study of short Czech version of the questionnaire was performedon a sample of 679 participants (62% men, age 16 to 43, Me = 23). Results show good factor validity and high internal consistency ? a two-factor congeneric model (factors based on item wording) showed the best fit among all four tested models and is in accordance with recent research. Construct validity was assessed using need for cognitive closure and right wing authoritarianism questionnaires; in accordance with theoretical assumptions, NFCS correlates negatively with both measures.

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP407%2F12%2F0854" target="_blank" >GAP407/12/0854: Paths to adulthood: longitudinal research of developmental trajectories and predictors of autonomy and identity</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology

ISSN

0009-062X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

58

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

52-61

UT code for WoS article

000333227400006

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