A Validation Study on a New Chinese Version of the Dispositional Hope Scale

The authors examined the validity evidence for a newly translated Chinese version of the Dispositional Hope Scale in three samples. Results indicated that the two-factor structure better fit the data than the one-factor structure. Findings provide evidence of configural validity for the scores but o...

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Published inMeasurement and evaluation in counseling and development Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 133 - 148
Main Authors Sun, Qiwu, Ng, Kok-Mun, Wang, Chuang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Routledge 01.04.2012
SAGE Publications
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Asian people
China
Chinese
Chinese version
College Students
Discriminant analysis
Dispositional Hope Scale
Emotions
Factor Structure
factorial invariance
Faculty Advisers
Foreign Countries
Hope
Maslach Burnout Inventory
Patients
Personality Measures
Personality Theories
Validation
Validation studies
Validity
China
Chinese
Dispositional Hope Scale
factorial invariance
validation
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Summary:The authors examined the validity evidence for a newly translated Chinese version of the Dispositional Hope Scale in three samples. Results indicated that the two-factor structure better fit the data than the one-factor structure. Findings provide evidence of configural validity for the scores but only indicate partial factorial invariance across groups.
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ISSN:0748-1756
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DOI:10.1177/0748175611429011