title: Measuring Psychological Capital: Construction and Validation of the Compound PsyCap Scale (CPC-12).
abstract: With the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) being the standard measure to assess psychological capital (PsyCap) in the context of organizations, this paper aims to broaden this domain-specific approach by introducing a measure with universal claim. Two studies were conducted to create and validate a German self-report scale (CPC-12) measuring PsyCap. We performed confirmatory factor analyses and correlations with other positive psychological constructs on the data of two German samples (N1 = 321; N2 = 202). The twelve-item CPC-12 exhibits the anticipated factorial structure with a very good model fit and associations to other constructs concur with previous findings with other measures of PsyCap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.affiliation: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beer
authors.affiliation: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pütz
authors.affiliation: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heinitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires