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Patience and Patience Regulation: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of Complementary Scales with Alternate
R Michael Furr1, Christian E Waugh1, Rachel N Good1
1Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Researchers developed new scales to measure patience as a trait (P-React) and patience regulation (P-Reg). These validated tools will advance the study of this underresearched personality characteristic.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Personality Science
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Patience is a commonly experienced trait, yet its empirical study as a personality characteristic is emerging.
- Existing assessments lack clarity in differentiating patience as a trait from its regulation.
- Theoretical work distinguishes patience as a tendency (trait) from the process of regulating patience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and validate new scales for measuring patience as a trait and patience regulation.
- To address limitations in existing measures of patience-related constructs.
- To provide reliable tools for advancing research on patience.
Main Methods:
- Development of the Patient Reaction (P-React) scale and the Patience Regulation (P-Reg) scale.
- Validation across 11 diverse samples totaling nearly 2,000 participants (students and non-students).
- Assessment of psychometric properties and convergent/discriminant validity against theoretical hypotheses.
Main Results:
- Both the P-React and P-Reg scales demonstrated strong psychometric properties.
- Validity correlations strongly supported a priori hypotheses derived from recent theoretical frameworks.
- Two parallel forms of each scale were developed, showing near-identical psychometric performance.
Conclusions:
- The P-React and P-Reg scales are reliable and valid instruments for assessing patience trait and regulation.
- The new scales facilitate complementary use and repeated assessments in research.
- These validated measures are expected to significantly advance the empirical study of patience.
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