Confirmatory factor analysis of DOSPERT scale with Chinese university students.
The factor structure of the 30-item Domain Specific Risk Taking Attitude (DOSPERT) scale (Blais & Weber, 2006) was examined with a convenience sample of 205 Chinese undergraduate students from Macao. A comparison of five competing models via confirmatory factor analysis yielded empirical support for the perspective that risk-taking attitude was content-dependent. After removing the items in the Financial subscale of the DOSPERT scale and some post hoc modifications, a reasonably good fit to the four-correlated-factor model was achieved, in concordance with the theoretical framework. However, items in some scales needed further revision to purify their factor structure so that the DOSPERT scale would be a more psychometrically sound measure for investigating one's risk-taking attitudes in different life domains.
Joseph
J
Wu
Hoi Yan
HY
Cheung
D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008256:Macau; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult