The Kirton Adaption ‐ Innovation Inventory: A re‐examination of the factor structure
重新检验了Kirton适应-创新量表（KAI）的因子结构，确认了三因子模型和子量表的高信度，但质疑三因子是否足够，并提出了四因子模型，指出原‘O’子量表包含创意生成和稳定性偏好两个概念元素。
Abstract Although the Kirton Adaption ‐ Innovation Inventory (KAI) has almost always been used as a single scale purporting to measure a dimension of cognitive style, the KAI Manual characterizes three factors. This paper provides further confirmatory evidence of the structure of the three‐factor model and of the high reliability coefficients of the three subscales. However, it questions whether three factors are sufficient and examines four‐ and five‐factor models. Evidence is provided that the ‘O’ subscale in the orthodox three‐factor model contains two conceptual elements, a major component concerned with idea generation and a minor component concerned with preference for stability/change. A four‐factor model of KAI is proposed and an argument is advanced which leads to concern about the idea generation element of the ‘O’ subscale as a measure purely of cognitive style. Some implications for the development of the KAI are outlined.