Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Social Connectedness Scale
- VernacularTitle:社会联结量表中文版的信效度研究
- Author:
Caizhi WU
1
;
Ting WANG
2
;
Wenting DUAN
1
;
Weixin WANG
1
;
Qiwu SUN
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: social connectedness; college student; reliability; validity
- From: Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2022;43(4):496-502
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: 【Objective】 To revise the Social Connectedness Scale-Revised （SCS-R） so as to explore the factor structure of SCS-R in the context of Chinese culture and test its reliability and validity. 【Methods】 Totally 900 college students were asked to complete the Chinese version of the Social Connectedness， and 850 valid questionnaires were collected. In addition， the Distress Disclosure scale （DDI） and UCLA Loneliness Scale were used as the criteria. One month later， 100 students were randomly selected for retest. 【Results】 ① The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that one factor with more than one eigenvalue was selected， and the cumulative variance explained was 62.44%. ② Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the data fit well （χ2=33.438， df=14， χ2/df=2.388， RMSEA=0.04， CFI=0.996， TLI=0.991）. ③ The Chinese version of the social connectedness scale is a one-dimensional scale. Its internal consistency coefficient is 0.916 and test-retest reliability is 0.845. ④ Social connectedness is significantly positively correlated with distress disclosure and negatively correlated with loneliness， indicating that the scale has good criterion-related validity. 【Conclusion】 The Chinese version of the social connectedness scale has satisfactory reliability and validity， and has cross-cultural adaptability.
