Objective To develop a psychological capital inventory for children from junior high school. Methods Grounded on the overview of previous studies,structured interview and the open-ended questionnaire,the theoretical dimensions of psychological capital were constructed,and a preliminary questionnaire was compiled to measure junior school students.The formal questionnaire was formed in accordance with the results of 603 children via exploratory factor analysis and the results of other 594 children via confirmatory factor analysis. Results The questionnaire embodied 22 items and composed of five dimensions those were self-control,hope,self-confidence,tolerance,optimism and resilience;The questionnaire owned satisfying content validity,construct validity and criterion validity;The internal consistency reliability of sub-scales were between 0.653～0.804,total scale was 0.857;The retest reliability of sub-scales were between 0.730～0.856,total scale was 0.917. Conclusion Psychometric index of psychological capital have good performance that indicate the questionnaire could be employed as a tool to assess the psychological capital of junior school students.
Key words
psychological capital /
children from junior high school /
questionnaire development
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