Li Xiaoyu, Liang Hongyu, Jin Tonglin, Zhang Jing, A Yunna, Hu Mulan, Wang Yifan
School of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Sep 27;14:1231962. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1231962. eCollection 2023.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Trait Gratitude to Nature Scale (TGNS) for Chinese college students.
The original English version of the TGNS was translated into Chinese. Subsequently, two samples consisting of 1,131 Chinese university students from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was recruited through online surveys to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the TGNS, including the discrimination, construct validity, criterion validity, reliability and gender invariance.
The Chinese version of the TGNS showed good psychometric properties. The item-total correlation coefficients of the scale ranged from 0.813 to 0.909. Exploratory factor analysis using data from Sample 1 ( = 617) demonstrated that the Chinese version of the TGNS has one factor. The confirmatory factor analysis using data from Sample 2 ( = 514) showed that the Chinese version of the TGNS has appropriate construct validity (χ = 4.157, RMSEA = 0.078, TLI = 0.943 and CFI = 0.967). The significant correlation between the Chinese version of the TGNS and all the other criterion scale scores ( < 0.001) indicated that the Chinese version of the TGNS displays good criterion validity. The test-retest reliability was 0.914, using the sub-sample of Sample 2 ( = 127). The results of gender invariance test indicated that the Chinese version of the TGNS has entire equivalence between the two genders.
The Chinese version of the TGNS has satisfactory psychometric properties in the Chinese cultural context and can be used as s a reliable and valid instrument to assess trait gratitude to nature.
本研究旨在评估中文版特质自然感恩量表（TGNS）在中国大学生中的信效度。
将TGNS的原始英文版翻译成中文。随后，通过在线调查招募了来自内蒙古自治区的1131名中国大学生组成的两个样本，以评估中文版TGNS的心理测量学特性，包括区分度、结构效度、效标效度、信度和性别不变性。
中文版TGNS显示出良好的心理测量学特性。该量表的项目-总分相关系数在0.813至0.909之间。使用样本1（n = 617）的数据进行探索性因素分析表明，中文版TGNS有一个因素。使用样本2（n = 514）的数据进行验证性因素分析表明，中文版TGNS具有适当的结构效度（χ = 4.157，RMSEA = 0.078，TLI = 0.943，CFI = 0.967）。中文版TGNS与所有其他效标量表分数之间的显著相关性（p < 0.001）表明，中文版TGNS具有良好的效标效度。使用样本2的子样本（n = 127）进行重测信度为0.914。性别不变性测试结果表明，中文版TGNS在两种性别之间具有完全等效性。
中文版TGNS在中文文化背景下具有令人满意的心理测量学特性，可作为评估特质自然感恩的可靠有效工具。
