Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Psych J. 2020 Dec;9(6):934-941. doi: 10.1002/pchj.401. Epub 2020 Oct 7.
Cognitive flexibility (CF) is a fundamental human ability to adjust cognitive processing strategies to deal with new and unpredicted situations. In this sense, using valid and theoretically grounded measures of cognitive flexibility is critical. A new measure of CF, the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, has recently been validated. This measure comprises two subscales: (1) Alternatives, which assesses ability in identifying alternative solutions and generating several explanations; and (2) Control, which assesses ability in perceiving difficult conditions as controllable. The main purpose of our study was to investigate the factorial structure, reliability, and measurement invariance of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory in an Italian sample of university students. A self-report questionnaire was administered to 543 Italian university students. Results showed acceptable construct validity for the Italian version of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory. Specifically, both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor model, Alternatives and Control, with19 items. Moreover, multigroup analyses showed structural invariance across sex. In sum, our results suggested that the Italian version of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory is a valid instrument for assessing cognitive flexibility.
认知灵活性 (CF) 是人类适应新的和不可预测的情况调整认知加工策略的基本能力。从这个意义上说，使用有效的和有理论依据的认知灵活性测量方法是至关重要的。最近，一种新的认知灵活性测量方法——认知灵活性量表已经得到了验证。该量表由两个分量表组成：（1）替代，评估识别替代解决方案和生成多种解释的能力；（2）控制，评估将困难条件视为可控制的能力。我们的研究主要目的是在意大利大学生样本中调查认知灵活性量表的因子结构、信度和测量不变性。向 543 名意大利大学生发放了一份自我报告问卷。结果表明，认知灵活性量表的意大利语版本具有可接受的构念效度。具体来说，探索性和验证性因素分析都支持了包含 19 个项目的两因素模型，即替代和控制。此外，多组分析表明，性别之间具有结构不变性。总之，我们的结果表明，认知灵活性量表的意大利语版本是评估认知灵活性的有效工具。
