Item selection and validation of a brief, 15-item version of the need for closure scale

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Inspired to Create: Awe Enhances Openness to Learning and the Desire for Experiential Creation (2018, background): “In the first survey, participants completed the 15-item short-form Need for Closure Scale (mean-centered; a ¼ .92; Roets and Van Hiel 2011).”
The five-dimensional curiosity scale: Capturing the bandwidth of curiosity and identifying four unique subgroups of curious people (2018, unknown): “Participants completed the brief Need for Closure Scale (Roets & Van Hiel, 2011) to assess a preference for order – such that a person continually attempts to assimilate new information into existing beliefs, expectations, and routines (Neuberg, Judice, & West, 1997).”
Defending the Sex/Gender Binary: The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure (2020, background): “Next, participants responded to 7 items assessing their need for closure (Roets & Van Hiel, 2011; e.g., “I don’t like situations that are uncertain”) on a 7-point scale from 1 ( strongly disagree ) to 7 ( strongly agree ; a ¼ .81).”