Dimensionality and correlates of problem solving: the use of the Problem Solving Inventory in the Chinese context.
The dimensional structure of the Problem Solving Inventory (PSI) was investigated using data collected from a sample of 499 Chinese university students in teacher training. While the original three-factor model provided poor fit to the data, the revised two-factor model provided more adequate fit but failed to consider a PSI construct tapped in the original PSI formulation. The newly constructed PSI scales based on the present data provided viable alternative scales reflecting constructs of self-efficacy, rational coping and dysfunctional coping. These newly developed problem-solving scales were predictive of indices of psychological adjustment in terms of depression, burnout, and perceived self-efficacy toward helping others. The use of the PSI in the Chinese context is discussed.
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Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT. davidchan@cuhk.edu.hk
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy