Psychometric examination of Runco Ideational Behavior Scale: Thai adaptation

Tep, Puthyrom; Maneewan, Sorakrich; Chuathong, Saranya

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Research • Psicol. Reflex. Crit. 34 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-020-00170-9 copy

Psychometric examination of Runco Ideational Behavior Scale: Thai adaptation

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Abstract

Creativity is a multidimensional construct. Several different approaches have been developed to measure creativity, including psychometric scales. The Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS) is one such measure of creative ideation. The primary purpose of this paper was to assess the 23 items of the RIBS in the context of the Thai language and examine scale reliability and validity. Participants, consisting of 508 undergraduate students selected from five Thai public universities, were selected through a convenience sampling approach involving both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results suggested that the Thai version of the RIBS presented a valid measure to a certain extent. Factor analysis of the empirical data indicated a two-dimensional structure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results confirmed that the two-factor construct demonstrated a better fit with improved psychometric characteristics. Six items were eliminated from the Thai RIBS version inventory: five items during explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and one during the CFA process. Results will contribute to ascertaining that the Thai version of the RIBS instrument can be used as a self-assessment tool for measuring students’ creative ideation. Implications and limitations of this research are discussed with suggestions for future studies.

Keywords:
Creativity assessment; Ideational behavior; Psychometric examination; RIBS Thai version; Runco Ideational Behavior Scale; Undergraduate student

Study	Language	Location	Participants	Data analysis	Result
López-Fernández et al. (2019)López-Fernández, V., Merino-Soto, C., Maldonado Fruto, M. L., & Orozco Garavito, C. A. (2019). Analysis of the descriptive and psychometric characteristics of the internal structure of the RIBS in Spanish. Creativity Research Journal, 31(2), 229-235 https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2019.1577123. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2019.15...	Spanish	Spain	116 not specified	Procrustes analysis	Two-factor construct
Tsai (2015)Tsai, K. C. (2015). Assessing a Chinese version of the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 43(7), 1111-1122 https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2015.43.7.1111. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2015.43.7.11...	Chinese	Taiwan	107 elementary students	EFA, CFA	Two -factor construct
Kalis and Roke (2011)Kalis, E., & Roke, L. (2011). Adaptation of Runco Ideational Behavior Scale in Latvia. Journal of Pedagogy and Psychology Signum Temporis, 4(1), 36-45 https://doi.org/10.2478/v10195-011-0043-4. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10195-011-0043-...	Latvian	Latvia	107 master degree students and teachers	EFA, CFA	Two -factor construct
Runco et al. (2001)Runco, M. A., Plucker, J. A., & Lim, W. (2001). Development and psychometric integrity of a measure of ideational behavior. Creativity Research Journal, 13(3-4), 393-400 https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326934CRJ1334_16. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326934CRJ1334...	American English	USA	224 undergraduate students	EFA, CFA	Two -factor construct (lack of theoretical support, suggesting one-factor structure)
This study	Thai	Thailand	508 undergraduate students	EFA, CFA

Item	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
IB01
IB02	.60
IB03	.53	.44
IB04	.51	.49	.63
IB05	.52	.57	.46	.58
IB06	.47	.43	.60	.56	.53
IB07	.45	.46	.47	.54	.52	.57
IB08	.37	.44	.38	.48	.54	.46	.52
IB09	.43	.48	.42	.50	.55	.49	.49	.64
IB10	.30	.21	.45	.47	.30	.51	.44	.26	.32
IB11	.31	.28	.28	.34	.39	.31	.33	.30	.31	.37
IB12	.32	.33	.31	.40	.48	.38	.45	.48	.45	.33	.45
IB13	.27	.27	.34	.37	.35	.40	.40	.38	.38	.33	.29	.39
IB14	.27	.25	.32	.33	.40	.40	.35	.34	.30	.31	.35	.44	.44
IB15	.31	.32	.34	.36	.45	.32	.34	.45	.38	.13	.29	.42	.35	.51
IB16	.11	.18	.15	.20	.27	.19	.20	.26	.21	.11	.31	.28	.20	.44	.48
IB17	.43	.41	.43	.46	.58	.45	.48	.48	.49	.34	.41	.48	.42	.51	.53	.46
IB18	.27	.26	.26	.29	.35	.28	.30	.28	.25	.18	.38	.35	.27	.40	.45	.48	.49
IB19	.28	.31	.43	.49	.40	.48	.44	.41	.42	.45	.30	.42	.45	.31	.36	.26	.46	.34
IB20	.38	.32	.42	.46	.44	.42	.45	.46	.43	.32	.30	.45	.37	.39	.43	.35	.52	.43	.59
IB21	.40	.39	.39	.50	.54	.42	.46	.43	.46	.28	.33	.44	.39	.40	.44	.28	.57	.40	.45	.62
IB22	.36	.40	.35	.45	.47	.40	.41	.43	.41	.35	.32	.39	.40	.36	.36	.31	.50	.32	.43	.54	.59
IB23	.44	.40	.41	.45	.54	.44	.42	.48	.51	.33	.38	.48	.42	.39	.47	.28	.57	.35	.46	.53	.66	.64
Mean	2.88	2.70	3.17	3.1	2.75	3.21	3.11	2.69	2.75	3.64	2.88	2.72	3.01	2.81	2.64	2.62	2.77	2.67	3.05	2.89	2.8	2.85	2.75
SD	.75	.80	.96	.88	.90	.98	.95	.89	.87	1.0	.95	.92	.91	1.0	1.07	.94	.91	.97	.80	.88	.88	.93	.93
Skewness	.31	.26	−.03	.06	.13	−.11	.07	.13	.17	−.41	.16	.08	.19	.05	.28	.20	.12	.24	.02	.17	.20	.28	.31
Kurtosis	.29	.30	−.54	−.41	−.15	−.36	−.25	−.07	−.02	−.49	−.20	−.36	−.39	−.43	−.53	−.06	−.27	−.23	−.17	.07	−.17	−.27	−.24

Promax rotated factor loadings
Item	Factor 1	Factor 2
IB04	.83	−.08
IB06	.79	−.07
IB03	.78	−.12
IB01	.72	−.09
IB07	.71	.01
IB02	.65	−.01
IB09	.64	.08
IB05	.63	.18
IB10	.61	−.11
IB08	.53	.20
IB19	.48	.18
IB23	.44	.33
IB22	.41	.29
IB16	−.30	.87
IB15	.03	.71
IB18	−.03	.65
IB14	.09	.58
IB17	.29	.57
Eigenvalues	5.77	2.86
% of variance	32	16
Cronbach's α	.91	.82

Model	df	x ²	X²/df	CFI	SRMR	RMSEA
1-factor (23 items)	230	1331.6^* ***** p < .001	5.78	.81	.06	.09
2-factor (18 items; 5 items dropped)	134	706.3^* ***** p < .001	5.27	.87	.06	.09
2-factor Modified (17 items; 6 items dropped)	110	310.8^* ***** p < .001	2.82	.95	.04	.06

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2
IB01	.63
IB02	.64
IB03	.65
IB04	.74
IB05	.78
IB06	.71
IB07	.69
IB08	.68
IB09	.70
IB19	.61
IB22	.61
IB23	.69
IB14		.63
IB15		.77
IB16		.56
IB17		.86
CR	.91	.81
AVE	.47	.48
Cronbach's a	.91	.82

English Version	Thai version
1.I have many wild ideas.
2.I think about ideas more often than most people.
3.I often get excited by my own new ideas.
4.I come up with a lot of ideas or solutions to problems.
5.I come up with an idea or solution other people have never thought of.
6.I like to play around with ideas for the fun of it.
7. It is important to be able to think of bizarre and wild possibilities.
8.I would rate myself highly in being able to come up with ideas.
9.I have always been an active thinker—I have lots of ideas.
10.I enjoy having leeway in the things I do and room to make up my own mind.
11. My ideas are often considered “impractical” or even “wild.”
12.I would take a university course which was based on original ideas.
13.I am able to think about things intensely for many hours.
14. Sometimes I get so interested in a new idea that I forget about other things that I should be doing.
15.I often have trouble sleeping at night, because so many ideas keep popping into my head.
16. When writing papers or talking to people, I often have trouble staying with one topic because I think of so many things to write or say.
17.I often find that one of my ideas has led me to other ideas that have led me to other ideas, and I end up with an idea and do not know where it came from.
18. Some people might think me scatterbrained or absentminded because I think about a variety of things at once.
19.I try to exercise my mind by thinking things through.
20.I am able to think up answers to problems that haven't already been figured out.
21.I am good at combining ideas in ways that others have not tried.
22. Friends ask me to help them think of ideas and solutions.
23.I have ideas about new inventions or about how to improve things.

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