Development of the Virtue Adjectives Rating Scale and Research on Its Reliability and Validity
- VernacularTitle:美德形容词评定量表的编制及其信效度研究
- Author:
Shoukuan MU
;
Haigen GU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Virtue;
Rating scale;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
2001;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To develop the virtue adjectives rating scale and to test the reliability and validity of the scale.Methods: Adjectives describing virtues were selected through the psycholexical approach.Psychological structure of the virtues and the virtue adjectives rating scale was established by means of exploratory factor analysis;reliability analysis and correlation analysis were used to test the internal consistency reliability,split reliability,test-retest reliability,construct validity and criterion-related validity;and confirmatory factor analysis was used to compare fitness of the models.Results: 109 adjectives describing virtues were selected through the psycholexical approach.By exploratory factor analysis,19 items were deleted;the 90 adjectives items left could be explained by 5 big scales and 14 subscales with a 46.37 percent contribution to the variance.All the scales' internal consistency reliability,split reliability,test-retest reliability and the correlation coefficient were 0.75-0.95,0.74-0.90,0.44-0.75,-0.13-0.42 respectively.The result showed that the scale was high in validity as convergent validity,discriminant validity and criterion-related validity;and confirmatory factor analysis validated the three class model.Conclusion: The virtue adjectives rating scale had good reliability and validity;its effectiveness need to be tested through other approaches.
