Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Interpersonal Stress-Coping Inventory for undergraduates

VernacularTitle:大学生人际关系压力应对方式量表的信效度
Author: Ming LI ; Shuqin PANG ; Wei SHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: interpersonal stress; coping inventory; college student; reliability; validity; psychological study
From: Chinese Mental Health Journal 2010;24(1):55-58
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Interpersonal Stress-Coping Inventory for Undergraduates(ISI).Methods:Totally 421 college students of 1～3 grades in two colleges of Anhui province were selected.They were asked to complete the ISI and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ)at the same time to test the reliability and validity of ISI.Two weeks later,52 of them were retested to test the re-test reliability.Results:Cronbach α of the Chinese version of ISI was 0.79,re-test reliability was 0.87.ISI Scores were correlated with SCSQ scores(r=0.69).Exploratory factor analysis was applied to the data,and three subscales were derived:positive coping,negative coping,and dilution coping.The factor loadinps were 0.41～0.68.The explained variances were 14.82,14.10,and 7.06 respectively.Conclusion:The Chinese version of Interpersonal Stress-Coping Inventory has good psychometric quality and can be used in Chinese undergraduates of interpersonal stress coping research.