Revising of belief in a just world scale and its reliability and validity in college students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.06.026
- VernacularTitle:公正世界信念量表的修订及在大学生应用的信效度研究
- Author:
Zhiqiang SU
;
Dajun ZHANG
;
Xinqiang WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Belief in a just world questionnaire;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2012;21(6):561-563
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo revise belief in a just world scale (BJW) established by Dalbert according with Chinese cultures and examine its reliability and validity.MethodsAt the base of studying abroad-related questionnaire and preparatory tests,a total 930 undergraduates form The East,The Middle and The West of China participant in this test respectively.ResultsThrough item analysis and explore factor analysis,the revised belief in a just world contained 13 items and 2 subscales which could explain 52.205％ of the total variances.The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the revised belief in a just world scales had good construct validity.The Cronbach's coefficients of the scales was 0.885,and test-retest reliabilities was 0.884.ConclusionThe revised belief in just world scales has fairly high reliability and validity.
