The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire revisited: Dimensions and correlates

Wallace, J. Craig (author)
Kass, Steven J. (author)
Stanny, Claudia J. (author)

The Journal of General Psychology

0022-1309

129

3

238

256

2002

10.1080/00221300209602098

The authors reexamined the factor structure of the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (D. E. Broadbent, P. F. Cooper, P. Fitzgerald, & K. R. Parkes 1982) and its correlates. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire was designed to asses a person’s likelihood of committing an error in the completion of an everyday task. A principal components factor analysis with varimax rotation yielded 4 internally consistent, interpretable factors. These factors were labeled Memory, Distractibility, Blunders, and (memory for) Names. This study lends partial support for the factor analytic solution proposed by L. K. Pollina, A. L. Greene, R. H. Tunick, and J. M. Puckett (1992). In addition, it extends previous findings by providing initial evidence for the construction validity of the factors established by correlating factor scores with measures of other related constructs (i.e., boredom proneness, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Type A behavior pattern).

attention
memory
cognitive failure
statistical validity

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