Robichaud Melisa, Dugas Michel J
Department of Psychology (PY-170), Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Que, Canada.
Behav Res Ther. 2005 Mar;43(3):391-401. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.02.007.
Negative problem orientation, a set of dysfunctional attitudes toward social problem-solving, has increasingly become an important construct in our understanding of deficits in problem-solving ability in daily life. Until recently, no measure was specifically constructed to assess negative problem orientation directly, other than as a subscale in a more global measure of problem-solving ability. The goal of the present study was to translate the French version of the Negative Problem Orientation Questionnaire (NPOQ), and to examine its psychometric properties. The sample consisted of 201 university students who completed five questionnaires assessing psychological distress, pessimism, components of problem-solving ability, and the NPOQ. A unitary factor structure was revealed, accounting for 54.8% of the variance. The NPOQ had excellent internal consistency, good test-retest reliability at 5 weeks, and demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity when measured against self-reported pessimism, depression, anxiety, and problem-solving ability. The findings suggest that the NPOQ is a measure with sound psychometric properties that will be a valuable tool in future research on problem orientation.
消极问题取向是对社会问题解决的一组功能失调态度，在我们理解日常生活中解决问题能力的缺陷方面，它日益成为一个重要的概念。直到最近，除了在更全面的解决问题能力测量中作为一个子量表外，还没有专门构建的测量方法来直接评估消极问题取向。本研究的目的是翻译《消极问题取向量表》（NPOQ）的法语版本，并检验其心理测量特性。样本包括201名大学生，他们完成了五份问卷，分别评估心理困扰、悲观情绪、解决问题能力的组成部分以及NPOQ。结果显示出单一因素结构，解释了54.8%的方差。NPOQ具有出色的内部一致性，在5周时具有良好的重测信度，并且在与自我报告的悲观情绪、抑郁、焦虑和解决问题能力进行比较时，显示出收敛效度和区分效度。研究结果表明，NPOQ是一种具有良好心理测量特性的测量工具，将成为未来问题取向研究中的一个有价值的工具。
