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Sun, Qian; Lou, Vivian Weiqun; Law, Ben M. F. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study examined the development and validation of the Effectiveness Scale of Child Familial Influencing Behavior. This measurement is constructed to evaluate the effectiveness of child familial influencing behaviors within three-generational relationships. Methods: The effectiveness of child familial influencing behaviors was rated by…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Child Behavior, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Chui, Wing Hong; Wu, Joseph; Kwok, Yan Yuen; Liu, Liu – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the first part of the Chinese version of the CRIME-PICS II Scale, a self-administrated instrument assessing offending-related attitudes. Data were collected from three samples: male Hong Kong young offenders, female Mainland Chinese prisoners, and Hong Kong college students.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Questionnaires, Crime, Factor Structure
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Tang, Xiaoqing; Duan, Wenjie; Wang, Zhizhang; Liu, Tianyuan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: The Flourishing Scale (FS) was developed to measure psychological well-being from the eudaimonic perspective, highlighting the flourishing of human functioning. This article evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the simplified Chinese version of FS among a Chinese community population. Method: A total of 433 participants from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Likert Scales, Well Being
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Duan, Wenjie; Ho, Samuel M. Y.; Bai, Yu; Tang, Xiaoqing – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objectives: The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire (CVQ). The reliability, factor structure, construct validity, and temporal stability of the inventory were examined. Method: A university student sample ("n" = 878) and a working adult sample ("n" = 153) were recruited.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Social Work, Educational Practices
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Law, Ben; Shek, Daniel; Ma, Cecilia – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objective: This article examines the measurement invariance of "Family, School, and Peer Influence on Volunteerism Scale" (FSPV) across genders using the mean and covariance structure analysis approach. Method: A total of 2,845 Chinese high school adolescents aged 11 to 15 years completed the FSPV scale. Results: Results of the…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Gender Differences, Gender Issues, Peer Influence
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Leung, Janet T. Y.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese Cultural Beliefs about Adversity scale (CBA). Methods: The CBA was administered in a sample of 275 Chinese parents experiencing economic disadvantage. Results: The CBA was found to be internally consistent. Consistent with the conceptual framework, factor…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Beliefs, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
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Mohanty, Jayashree – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objectives: This study describes the development and initial validation of the 15-item Ethnic and Racial Socialization of Transracial Adoptee Scale (ERSTAS). Method: Using the model of Boykin and Tom on Black family socialization, the items were developed and validated using two different Asian adoptee samples. Results: Two subscales, ethnic…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Socialization, Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Pan, Jia-Yan; Wong, Daniel Fu Keung; Chan, Kin Sun; Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: The objective of this study is to develop and validate the Chinese Making Sense of Adversity Scale (CMSAS) to measure the cognitive coping strategies that Chinese people adopt to make sense of adversity. Method: A 12-item CMSAS was developed by in-depth interview and item analysis. The scale was validated with a sample of 627 Chinese…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Coping, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis