Reliability and Vaiidatioa of the Social Comparison Orientation Scale
- VernacularTitle:社会比较倾向量表中文版的信效度检验
- Author:
Mingji WANG
;
Lei WANG
;
Junqi SHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
social comparison;
psychometric studies;
reliability;
validation
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To revise the Chinese version of the Social Comparison Orientation Scale. Methods: The questionnaire was administered to two samples with total of 1023 individuals. Results: The item analysis showed that all of the 11 items met psychometric criteria. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the Chinese version of Social Comparison Scale was composed of two dimensions, which were ability and concept, which can explained 55. 6% of total variance. The internal consistency reliability was 0. 88 and the four weeks tesl-retest reliability coefficient was 0. 89. The further analysis revealed that the male sample had significantly lower scores than female sample (39. 4 ? 8. 7/41. 4 ?7. 3, t= -4. 06), and the employee sample had significantly lower scores than student sample (39. 5 ? 8. 6/41. 3 ?7. 5, t = -3. 98, P