cross-cultural comparison; protective factors; psychological measurement; resilience; youth development; Psychology (miscellaneous); Applied Psychology; General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science
Abstract :
[en] Background: The German Questionnaire to Assess Resources for Children and Adolescents (QARCA; Lohaus & Nussbeck, 2016) is a diagnostic questionnaire that estimates six personal resources and four environmental resources. This study aimed to develop a Chinese version of the QARCA. Due to the important cultural differences between China and Western countries, we focused on whether these resources in a Chinese sample could be similarly assessed with Western samples and whether the association between the subscales of the QARCA was comparable across cultures. Methods: The validation sample consisted of 2,600 Chinese students and 393 parents. Results and Discussion: The results indicated that the Chinese version was soundly adapted with its postulated factorial structure. Reliability estimates for the subscale scores were good and expected correlations within the QARCA, as well as with external criteria. It is the first Chinese measure that simultaneously assesses personal and environmental resources for youngsters.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
TEUBER, Ziwen ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) > Cognitive Science and Assessment ; Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
Wang, Qichen; School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
Su, Yanjie; School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
Lohaus, Arnold; Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
Nussbeck, Fridtjof W.; Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Human Resources in Chinese Youngsters – A Chinese Adaptation of the QARCA
We acknowledge support for the article processing charge by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Open Access Publication Fund of Bielefeld University.
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