Some variation between the current findings and the original factor structure
may be attributed to the differing cultural contexts in which the instruments
have been used. Data from the current study were collected from an
Irish sample, while the instrument developers employed a U.S. sample. In
addition, the respondents who participated in the original instrument
development (N = 156) were reported as being upper-level undergraduate
students (Barbuto & Scholl, 1998). In contrast, responses reported in the
current study came from full-time working professionals