{"title":"Marital Pressure Scale for Chinese City Inhabitants: Development, Reliability and Validity","authors":"Yong Wu","doi":"10.2174/978160805186111001010055","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective:To compile a marital pressure scale for city inhabitants that fits the Chinese cultural background.Methods:By analyzing and sorting the answers to the questions in the open questionnaire,the scale including 30 items was compiled.Then the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied to the data.Results:The finallyconstructed inventory included 3 components consisting of 14 items.Acceptable internal consistency was obtained for the total,component and item scores.Alpha was 0.75-0.82,the coefficient of split-half was 0.71-0.80.The theoretical proposition was supported by factor analysis.Conclusion:The Marital Pressure Scale for Chinese city inhabitants has satisfactory validities and reliabilities and is well suitable for the use of the native Chinese city inhabitants.","PeriodicalId":9967,"journal":{"name":"中国临床心理学杂志","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中国临床心理学杂志","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/978160805186111001010055","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective:To compile a marital pressure scale for city inhabitants that fits the Chinese cultural background.Methods:By analyzing and sorting the answers to the questions in the open questionnaire,the scale including 30 items was compiled.Then the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied to the data.Results:The finallyconstructed inventory included 3 components consisting of 14 items.Acceptable internal consistency was obtained for the total,component and item scores.Alpha was 0.75-0.82,the coefficient of split-half was 0.71-0.80.The theoretical proposition was supported by factor analysis.Conclusion:The Marital Pressure Scale for Chinese city inhabitants has satisfactory validities and reliabilities and is well suitable for the use of the native Chinese city inhabitants.
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Founded in 1993, Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology is under the supervision of the Ministry of Education of China and organized by China Mental Health Association. The journal mainly publishes original research reports on various subdisciplines of clinical psychology in China, as well as reviews reflecting the hot spots and dynamics of clinical psychology research at home and abroad. There are columns on basic and experimental research, psychological testing and assessment, pathological psychology, health psychology, psychotherapy and counseling. The main readers are scientific and technical personnel, postgraduate students, and clinical workers engaged in scientific research and practical activities in clinical psychology, applied psychology, and mental health in universities, research institutes, and key medical and healthcare organizations.