Objective To develop the Preschool Children's Positive Mental Character Questionnaire(PCPMCQ), and the evaluation of its reliability and validity was carried out, and to provide a comprehensive tool for assessing the positive mental character of preschool children. Methods Based on literature review,interviewing caregivers as well as experts,and questionnaire survey,the original PCPMCQ containing 50 items was developed.A total of 2 686 preschool children were selected from January to March 2018,and the preschool children's guardians completed a series of questionnaires.The data were used to screen the items and evaluate its reliability and validity. Results The PCPMCQ included 37 items,and can be divided into five subscales,including the wisdom and knowledge,courage,humanity,justice and temperance.And the variance cumulative contribution rate was 51.667%.The values of Cronbach's α coefficient,split-half reliability coefficient,test-retest reliability coefficient of PCPMCQ were 0.854,0.772 and 0.894,respectively.Confirmatory factor analysis showed that all indexes were valid,and the values of goodness-of-fit index(GFI),adjusted goodness-of-fit index(AGFI),normal fit index(NFI),comparative fit index(CFI) and root mean square error of approximation(RMSEA) were 0.930,0.918,0.848,0.894 and 0.038,respectively.Discrimination analysis indicated that the total scores of PCPMCQ in preschool children with behavior problems were significantly lower than those without behavior problems(P＜0.001). Conclusion The PCPMCQ has credible reliability and validity,so it can be used as an effective tool for assessing positive mental character of preschool children.
Key words
preschool children /
Positive Mental Character Scale /
reliability /
validity
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