Validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ) in Taiwanese Undergraduate Students

被引：115

作者：

Chen, Lung Hung ^{[2
]}

Chen, Mei-Yen ^{[1
]}

Kee, Ying Hwa ^{[3
]}

Tsai, Ying-Mei ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Taiwan Sport Univ, Dept Recreat & Leisure Ind Management, Kueishan, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

[2] Natl Taiwan Sport Univ, Grad Inst Phys Educ, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

[3] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Dept Phys Educ, Taipei, Taiwan

[4] Cent Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Off Phys Educ, Taichung, Taiwan

来源：

JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES | 2009年 / 10卷 / 06期

关键词：

Grateful; Positive psychology; Well-being; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; HONG-KONG; LIFE; OPTIMISM; PERSONALITY; TRAIT;

D O I：

10.1007/s10902-008-9112-7

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ; McCullough et al. 2002) using Taiwanese undergraduate students. A total of 608 college students (M (age) = 20.19, SD = 2.08) were recruited for the current study and they completed the GQ, optimism, happiness, and big five personality questionnaires. Confirmation factor analysis indicated that a five item model was a better fit than the original six item model. Cross-validation also supported the modified Chinese version of the GQ. In addition, the Chinese version of the GQ was, as expected, positively correlated with optimism, happiness, agreeableness, and extraversion, which supported its construct validity. The Cronbach's alpha was .80 for the Chinese version of the GQ, indicating satisfactory validity and reliability in a Taiwanese student sample. It was concluded that the Chinese version of the GQ would be useful for assessing individual differences in dispositional gratitude.

引用

页码：655 / 664

页数：10

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