Objective: To test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Children's Hope Scale ( CHS) . Methods: Totally 1324 students in grade 5 - 9 were selected by convenience sampling from 6 schools in downtown area, county town and countryside in Anhui Province. and were grouped into two parallel samples. Exploratory factor analysis ( EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis ( CFA) were used to interactively confirm the structure of the scale. And the criterion validity of CHS was tested with the Satisfaction with Life Scale ( SWLS) . Affect Scale, Depression Self-rating Scale for Children (DSRSC) , and the predictive validity of CHS was tested with the Self-Esteem Scale ( SES) . Academic Self Concept Scale and Academic Achievement Ranking. The retest reliability of CHS was tested after the interval of 4 weeks. Results: The EFA extracted two factors. the items attribution confirmed to the theoretic assumption. The CFA approves that Hope was a single second-order factor (Hope) structure consisting of two first-order factors ( Pathways Thoughts and Agency Thought) ( RMSEA =0. 069. P ( RMSEA ＜ 0. 05) = 0. 135. NNFI = 0. 952. CFI = 0. 978. SRMR = 0. 035) . The CHS had positive correlations with SWLS and Emotion Scale, and had a negative correlation with DSRSC (P ＜ 0. 05). The α Coefficients of sample 1, sample 2 and total samples were 0. 741, 0. 732 and 0. 737. respectively, and the reliability of retest after the interval of 4 weeks was 0. 72. The CHS could independently explain 3. 9％ of the variance on Children' s academic Achievement Ranking except the SES (P ＜ 0. 01) . and CHS could independently explain 2. 1％ of the variance on Children' s academic Achievement Ranking except the Academic Self Concept Scale (P ＜ 0. 01). Conclusion: Children's Hope is a one-dimensional construct composed of pathways thoughts and agency thoughts. The Chinese version of the Children's Hope Scale has good reliability and validity which may be an ideal tool for measuring the traits of Chinese children' s hope.%目的:检验儿童希望量表(CHS)中文版的信效度.方法:采用方便取样,抽取安徽市区、县城、农村6所学校五至九年级学生1324名构成两个平行样本(样本1和样本2),通过探索性与验证性因素分析交互验证考察量表结构,采用生活满意度量表(SWLS)、情感量表、儿童抑郁障碍自评量表(DSRSC)考察量表的效标效度,采用自尊量表(SES)、学业自我概念量表、学业成绩等级表考察预测效度.间隔4周重测CHS考察重测信度.结果:探索性因素分析抽取2个因子,项目归属与理论假设吻合.验证性因素分析证实了希望是由两个一阶因子(路径思维与动力思维)构成的单一二阶因子(希望)结构(RMSEA=0.069,P(RMSEA<0.05)=0.135,NNFI=0.952,CFI=0.978,SRMR=0.0345).CHS与SWLS、情感量表得分正相关,而与DSRSC得分负相关(均P<0.05).样本1、样本2、总样本的Cronbach α系数分别为0.741、0.732、0.737,间隔4周的重测信度为0.72.CHS能在SES之外独立解释儿童学业成绩等级3.9%的变异,能在学业自我概念之外独立解释儿童学业成绩等级2.1%的变异(均P<0.01).结论:儿童希望是一个由动力思维与路径思维组成的单维构念,儿童希望量表中文版具有较高的信度与效度,可作为测量中国儿童希望特质的工具.
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