Abstract
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (Broadbent et al, 1982) is a self-report questionnaire which measures everyday mental lapses. Although the total score of the CFQ has reliability and validity as a single index of “general cognitive failures”, consistent findings have not been obtained in factor analytic researches. University students (N=366) completed the CFQ and FFPQ-50 (short version of the Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire, Fujishima et al., 2005) in a series of questionnaire research. Principal Factor analysis and promax rotation yielded 4-factor solution, which are interpreted as “Misdirected action”, “Distractibility”, “Forgetfulness”, and “People’s name”. These 4 factors showed moderately different correlations to Emotionality, Controlling, and Playfulness. Exploring the factor structure of the CFQ will be also useful to examine the relationship among self-report questionnaires measuring cognitive functions in more detail.
