Guo Junru, Chen Wei, Liu Meilan, Jiang Lirong, Chen Yurong, Zhao Xiaoqing, Peng Dan, Jiang Xuefeng, Wang Li, Wang Dongmei
Department of Psychology, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China.
School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Dec 11;15:1402403. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1402403. eCollection 2024.
Psychological peer counselors play a crucial role in the mental health education of college students, especially in ethnic regions. The study zeroes in on developing a tool for selecting and assessing psychological peer counselors in ethnic-area colleges and universities, using Guizhou Province as a case study.
Focusing on psychological peer counselors in ethnic-area higher education institutions, this study amalgamates open-ended questionnaire surveys, interviews, and literature analysis to construct a competency characteristics questionnaire. The questionnaire underwent pretesting with 450 psychological peer counselors in colleges and universities, involving entry analysis and exploratory factor analysis. Subsequently, it was administered formally to 570 psychological peer counselors for confirmatory factor analysis, coupled with internal consistency reliability tests at the empirical validity level. A subset of 230 psychological peer counselors was retested after three-month intervals. The Interpersonal Reaction Coefficient Scale (IRC-C) and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) were employed for validity tests.
The questionnaire consists of 21 items across four factors-role identity, communication sensitivity, personal traits, and professional ethic-cumulatively explaining 66.26% of the variance. The validated factor analyses demonstrated a good model fit ( = 2.67, = 0.04, = 0.93, = 0.94, = 0.05, = 21960.17, = 22261.10). The questionnaire's total and factor scores correlated positively with the total scores of the IRC-C/GSES ( = 0.18-0.64; all < 0.01). The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the total questionnaire and individual factors ranged from 0.73 to 0.95, retest reliability from 0.64 to 0.92, and split-half reliabilities from 0.71 to 0.94.
The Competency Scale for Psychological Peer Counselors in Colleges of Ethnic Areas demonstrates robust reliability and validity, making it a reliable tool for future screening of psychological peer counselors in ethnic-area colleges and universities.
心理同伴辅导员在大学生心理健康教育中，尤其是在民族地区，发挥着至关重要的作用。本研究以贵州省为例，着重开发一种用于民族地区高校心理同伴辅导员选拔与评估的工具。
本研究聚焦于民族地区高等教育机构的心理同伴辅导员，综合开放式问卷调查、访谈及文献分析构建胜任特征问卷。该问卷在450名高校心理同伴辅导员中进行了预测试，涉及项目分析和探索性因素分析。随后，对570名心理同伴辅导员进行正式施测，进行验证性因素分析，并在实证效度层面进行内部一致性信度检验。对230名心理同伴辅导员进行了为期三个月的间隔重测。采用人际反应系数量表（IRC-C）和一般自我效能量表（GSES）进行效度检验。
该问卷由21个项目组成，涵盖角色认同、沟通敏感性、个人特质和职业道德四个因素，累计解释变异量的66.26%。验证性因素分析表明模型拟合良好（χ² = 2.67，df = 0.04，GFI = 0.93，AGFI = 0.94，RMSEA = 0.05，χ²/df = 21960.17，χ²/df = 22261.10）。问卷总分及各因素得分与IRC-C/GSES总分呈正相关（r = 0.18 - 0.64；均p < 0.01）。问卷总分及各因素的Cronbach's α系数在0.73至0.95之间，重测信度在0.64至0.92之间，分半信度在0.71至0.94之间。
民族地区高校心理同伴辅导员胜任力量表具有较强的信效度，是未来民族地区高校心理同伴辅导员选拔的可靠工具。
