Faith in Intuition (FI subscale of REI)
Psychology: Cognition & EducationReliability: alpha 0.843 sample items
About this scale
A 12-item measure of faith in intuition — confidence in one's intuitive insights and gut feelings. Useful in decision-making and managerial-cognition research.
Sample item(s)
“I trust my initial feelings about people”
“I believe in trusting my hunches”
“Intuition can be a very useful way to solve problems”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.84. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use; subscale of REI.
Source & citation
Epstein, S., Pacini, R., Denes-Raj, V., & Heier, H. (1996): Individual differences in intuitive-experiential and analytical-rational thinking styles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 390–405.
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