Need For Closure Scale (NFCS)
Test Variations
The Need For Closure Scale (NFCS), originally published by Webster & Kruglanski (1994) and updated by Roets & Van Hiel (2007), measures the need for certainty ('closure'). It comes in a long version (41 questions) and a short one (15 questions). This script implements the long version.
The Need For Closure Scale (NFCS), originally published by Webster & Kruglanski (1994) and updated by Roets & Van Hiel (2007), measures the need for certainty ('closure'). It comes in a long version (41 questions) and a short one (15 questions). This script implements the short version.
References
Search Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Need For Closure Scale (NFCS).
Webster, D. M., & Kruglanski, A. W. (1994). Individual differences in need for cognitive closure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(6), 1049–1062.
Neuberg, S. L., Judice, T. N., & West, S. G. (1997). What the Need for Closure Scale Measures and What It Does Not: Toward Differentiating Among Related Epistemic Motives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72(6), 1396–1412. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.72.6.1396
Roets, A., & Van Hiel, A. (2007). Separating ability from need: Clarifying the dimensional structure of the need for closure scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(2), 266-280.
Roets, A., & Van Hiel, A. (2011). Item selection and validation of a brief, 15-item version of the Need for Closure Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(1), 90–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.004
Horcajo, J., Díaz, D., Gandarillas, B., & Briñol, P. (2011). Spanish adaptation of the Need for Closure Scale. Psicothema, 23(4), 864.
Vlčková, K., Ježek, S., Kohoutek, T., & Mareš, J. (2019). Zkrácená škála kognitivního uzavření: struktura české verze u vzorku studentů učitelství a učitelů. Orbis Scholae, 13(2), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2019.11
Hang, Y., Wang, Z., Roets, A., Zong, M., Bu, R., Feng, Y., & Qiao, Z. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the 15‐item Need for Closure Scale: Scale validation and associations with mental health. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(5), 1130–1146. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23658