Lorenz Timo, Hagitte Leonie, Prasath Priscilla Rose
Department of Psychology, MSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Counseling, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Front Psychol. 2022 Dec 22;13:1075031. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1075031. eCollection 2022.
The purpose of this study was to validate the English and German versions of the revised Compound PsyCap Scale (CPC-12R) in a US-sample ( = 385) and a sample from Germany ( = 202). The 12-item CPC-12R exhibited the anticipated factorial structure with an excellent model fit in both samples and associations to other constructs concurred with previous findings. A specific aim was to examine the measurement invariance of the CPC-12R across the two countries. Scalar measurement invariance was established. Overall, these findings suggest that the CPC-12R is an economic, valid, reliable, and applicable tool in the US and Germany to assess psychological capital (PsyCap). The scalar measurement invariance highlights the importance of taking cultural background and possible pitfalls for cross-cultural research into account for future PsyCap research.
本研究的目的是在美国样本（n = 385）和德国样本（n = 202）中验证修订后的复合心理资本量表（CPC - 12R）的英文和德文版本。12项的CPC - 12R呈现出预期的因子结构，在两个样本中模型拟合度都非常好，并且与其他构念的关联与先前的研究结果一致。一个具体目标是检验CPC - 12R在两个国家间的测量不变性。建立了标量测量不变性。总体而言，这些结果表明CPC - 12R在美国和德国是一种经济、有效、可靠且适用的评估心理资本（PsyCap）的工具。标量测量不变性凸显了在未来的心理资本研究中考虑文化背景和跨文化研究可能存在的陷阱的重要性。
