Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Shortened Version of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire in a Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults.
Introduction:The original 89-item Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (form III Revised, ZKPQ-III-R) is a widely accepted and used self-report measure for personality traits. This study assessed the reliability and construct validity of the Chinese short 46-item version of the ZKPQ-III-R in a sample of adolescents and young adults.Methodology:A total of 1,019 Chinese adolescents and young adults completed the Chinese version of the original 89-item version ZKPQ-III-R and short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R, self-report measures of depression, life satisfaction, and subjective health complaints (SHC), the Big Five personality traits, and a substance use risk profile. We explored the internal consistency of five dimensions of the short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R and compared it with observations in previous studies of Chinese and other populations. The structure of the questionnaire was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling.Results:The short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R had adequate internal reliability for all five dimensions, with Cronbach's α coefficients of 0.63 to 0.84. The concurrent validity of the short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R was supported by significant correlations with depression, life satisfaction, and SHC. The short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R had better fit, similar reliability coefficients, and slightly better construct and convergent validity than the 89-item version.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the 46-item ZKPQ-III-R presented reliability and validity in measuring personality in Chinese adolescents and young adults.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing, China; Department of Psychology, Anhui Normal UniversityWuhu, China.
Daoyang
D
Wang
State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Normal University Beijing, China.
Mingming
M
Hu
School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University Nanchang, China.
Chanjin
C
Zheng
Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University Beijing, China.
Zhengguang
Z
Liu
ZKPQ-III-R; adolescents; confirmatory factor analysis; reliability; validity