摘要：The Tendency of Imprudent Behavior Scale (TIBS) was developed to measure the tendency of adults’ imprudent behavior. There are a total of fifteen items, of which four of them are short stories and eleven are based on pictures. The lowest score one might get on the TIBS is 15 and the highest is 45. The higher the score, the higher is the tendency to behave imprudently. The data was collected from a total of 504 senior and graduate students at Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences as well as Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ) in the spring and fall semesters of the 2005-2006 academic year. The KMO and Barlett’s Test of Sphericity was .73. The Cronbach Alpha reliability for the whole scale was .76, and the test-retest reliability was also .76. To establish validity, an exploratory factor analysis was carried out. A five-factor structure emerged with Eigen values over 1. Factor loadings ranged from .46 to .85.& 0 % of the variance was explained. In order to establish the predictive validity of TIBS, the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Question List was used. The correlation between these two scales was found to be low (r = -.15, p<.05). The correlation between TIBS and Teenager Risk Taking Scale was medium (r= .43, p<.01). The correlation between TIBS and Temperament and Character Inventory’s (TCI) “Harm Avoidance” dimension was .30. The Cronbach Alpha scores for the dimensions that emerged from the Factor Analysis ranged from .55 to .65. Since the total 15-item Cronbach Alpha was higher than the individual dimensions (.76), this has been used in the analyses.
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