A contribution to the Italian validation of the Higgins’ Regulatory Focus Questionnaire
Journal title RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Author/s Alessandra Monni, L. Francesca Scalas
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/2
Language Italian Pages 31 P. 469-499 File size 310 KB
DOI 10.3280/RIP2020-002003
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Gray’s Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and Higgins’ Regulatory Focus The-ory are two of the most relevant theories on approach and avoidance tendencies. Gray’s theory considers approach and avoidance as biological sensitivities that guide individuals to reach primary needs. Higgins’ theory, on the contrary, states that approach-avoidance tendencies influence self-regulation and guide individ-uals to reach secondary needs. While the Italian validation of the BIS-BAS scale relative to Gray’s theory has been developed, an Italian version of the Regulato-ry focus questionnaire (RFQ) relative to Higgins theory has not been developed yet. The aim of our study is to provide a contribution to develop an Italian ver-sion of the RFQ. From the exploratory factorial analysis (n = 83 university stu-dents, mean age = 22.89, DS = 6.07) and the subsequent confirmatory factorial analysis (n = 360, mean age = 34.91, DS = 13.41), a solid factorial structure and a good internal validity emerged. In the invariance analysis, the structure was partially equivalent across genders, except for a single item. Finally, the examina-tion of divergent validity showed that the regulatory foci identified by RFQ are constructs distinct from the ones identified by the BIS-BAS scale. In conclusion, our Italian version of the RFQ shows satisfactory psychomet-ric properties and parsimonious structure, and thus seems to be a valuable in-strument for measuring approach-avoidance according to Higgins’ theory.
Keywords: Promotion focus, prevention focus, Regulatory Focus Questionnaire.
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Alessandra Monni, L. Francesca Scalas, Contributo alla validazione della versione italiana del regulatory focus Questionnaire di Higgins in "RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA " 2/2020, pp 469-499, DOI: 10.3280/RIP2020-002003