Revision of the Chinese-version of the individual adaptability measure and its application and analysis in college freshmen
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2015.02.025
- VernacularTitle:适应力量表中文版的修订及在大学新生中的应用分析
- Author:
Ning LI
;
Yaqiong HOU
;
Haihua LIU
;
Zheng HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Undergraduate;
Adaptability;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2015;24(2):181-184
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To revise the individual adaptability measure (I-ADAPT-M) developed by Ployhart & Bliese,and analyze the reliability and validity of its application in college freshmen.Methods Revise the I-ADAPT-M,One thousand and seven hundred freshmen were asked to complete the test,one month later,two hundred and seventy-seven freshmen were simple randomly chosen to report their General Life Satisfaction.Then,the data were analysis by SPSS 18.0 and Amos 4.0.Results The exploratory factor analysis showed that,the Chineseversion of the I-ADAPT-M consisted of 23 projects and 4 dimensions (crisis and creativity adaptability,interpersonal adaptability,stress tolerance adaptability,and resistant learning adaptability),which could account for over 45.344％ of total variance.The Cronbacha coefficient of the Chinese-version of the I-ADAPT-M was 0.82.The confirmatory factor analyzed further revealed the structure of four-dimensional scale(x2=708.80,x2/df =3.16,CFI =0.95,NNFI =0.94,RMSEA =0.051,SRMR =0.053).Male had significant high core in crisis and creativity adaptability and resistant learning adaptability than female.Female had significant high core in interpersonal adaptability than male.Colleges-leader had significant high core in 4 dimensions than general students,it suggested that the Chinese-version of the I-ADAPT-M had good discriminant validity.General Life Satisfaction of the subjects had significant positive correlation with crisis and creativity adaptability,stress tolerance adaptability and interpersonal adaptability,had little correlation with resistant learning adaptability.Conclusion The Chinese-version of the I-A-DAPT-M has good reliability and validity to measure the individual adaptability of the freshman.
