Reliability and Validity Test of Existential Gratitude Scale among Chinese College Students
Objective:To introduce the existential gratitude scale(EGS),revise it in Chinese,and test the metrological nature of the Chinese version of EGS in Chinese college students.Methods:1640 college students including 451 students in sample 1 and 1189 students in sample 2 were tested.Using the gratitude questionnaire(GQ),the gratitude scale for col-lege students(GRAT)and the Chinese version of Connor Davidson resilience scale(CD-RISC)as the criteria,129 people from sample 2 were selected for retest after an interval of one month.Results:①The Chinese version of EGS was consis-tent with the original scale,and all 10 items were retained,but the results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the two-factors model achieved adequate model fits.②The correlation coefficients of the total scores and dimensions of the Chi-nese version of EGS with GQ,GRAT and CD-RISC were significant.③Cronbach's α coefficient of the revised Chinese ver-sion of EGS was 0.891,and the test-retest reliability was 0.832.④Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the Chinese version of EGS had full invariance across gender.Conclusion:The Chinese version of EGS has good reliability and validity,which could be used to measure college students'existential gratitude.
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