Zhou Huan, Liu Wanting, Fan Jie, Xia Jie, Zhu Jiang, Zhu Xiongzhao
Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Medical Psychological Institute of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Front Psychol. 2019 Sep 19;10:2130. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02130. eCollection 2019.
The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) is a self-report instrument assessing pleasure experience. The present study aimed to confirm the factor model of the Chinese version of TEPS and test measurement invariance of the scale across gender in Chinese university students. Participants were 2977 (51% female) undergraduates aged from 16 to 27 years (Mean age = 18.9 years). Results indicated that the revised four-factor structure of the TEPS had acceptable fit in the total sample and in gender groups. Furthermore, configural, metric and partial scalar invariance across gender were established. Two of the items (item 4 and 8) demonstrated different intercepts and women scored higher than men on both items. With partial scalar invariance demonstrated, test of differences in latent means indicated that men had lower levels of pleasure when compared with women. To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to test the measurement invariance of the TEPS across gender, which provides support for future research that involves examining hedonic capacity in Chinese men and women.
愉悦感时间体验量表（TEPS）是一种评估愉悦体验的自陈式工具。本研究旨在验证中文版TEPS的因子模型，并测试该量表在中国大学生中跨性别的测量不变性。参与者为2977名年龄在16至27岁之间的本科生（平均年龄 = 18.9岁），其中女性占51%。结果表明，修订后的TEPS四因子结构在总样本和性别组中具有可接受的拟合度。此外，还建立了跨性别的构型、度量和部分标量不变性。其中两个项目（项目4和8）表现出不同的截距，女性在这两个项目上的得分均高于男性。在证明了部分标量不变性之后，潜在均值差异检验表明，与女性相比，男性的愉悦感水平较低。据我们所知，本研究是首次尝试测试TEPS跨性别的测量不变性，为未来涉及研究中国男性和女性享乐能力的研究提供了支持。
