Brahmi Mannu, Soni Dushyant, Ali Alma, Sharma Greeshma, Kumar Jyoti
National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Department of Psychology, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Ann Neurosci. 2025 Jul 9:09727531251347182. doi: 10.1177/09727531251347182.
Self-report questionnaires assessing psycho-social constructs such as values, empathy, personality, mindfulness and resting-state cognition are widely used in psychological research. Given India's collectivistic cultural orientation-emphasising interdependence and social harmony-these instruments may function differently than in Western settings.
This study evaluated five widely used instruments-the Revised Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ-RR), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), International Personality Item Pool's Big Five Inventory (IPIP-BFI), and Amsterdam Resting-State Questionnaire (ARSQ)-to determine their construct validity, internal consistency, and construct dimensionality within an Indian university student sample.
A sample of 580 Indian university students (291 females; M = 22.5 ± 4.45 years) completed self-report questionnaires-PVQ-RR, IRI, IPIP-BFI and FFMQ-whose internal consistency, factorial validity, and structural deviations were examined employing Internal Consistency, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) measures. Besides, a subsample ( = 97) undergoing a one-hour meditation intervention completed the ARSQ to assess similar construct metrics in a state mindfulness context.
FFMQ exhibited strong construct validity, reinforcing its five-factor structure and supporting its applicability in collectivistic Indian settings. IRI demonstrated near-optimal validity, with Empathic Concern (EC) and Perspective Taking (PT) showing expected conceptual overlap; overall, reinforcing the sole employment of EC and PT for assessing trait empathy. PVQ-RR exhibited circumplexity consistent with Schwartz's model but revealed cultural deviations in value clustering. ARSQ showed moderate structural alignment, while the IPIP-BFI displayed poor structural validity due to cross-loadings and interpretational inconsistencies.
The findings provided an evaluation of the construct validity, internal consistency, and dimensionality of standardised psycho-social instruments in an Indian adult-educated cohort. FFMQ and IRI provided strong support for their theoretical foundations, whereas the PVQ-RR and ARSQ exhibited deviations related to cultural and cognitive-affective factors, respectively. In contrast, the IPIP-BFI necessitated significant future modifications for the Indian usage context.
评估价值观、同理心、人格、正念和静息态认知等心理社会结构的自陈问卷在心理学研究中被广泛使用。鉴于印度的集体主义文化取向——强调相互依存和社会和谐——这些工具的作用可能与西方背景下有所不同。
本研究评估了五种广泛使用的工具——修订后的肖像价值观问卷（PVQ-RR）、人际反应指数（IRI）、五因素正念问卷（FFMQ）、国际人格项目池的大五人格量表（IPIP-BFI）和阿姆斯特丹静息态问卷（ARSQ）——以确定它们在印度大学生样本中的结构效度、内部一致性和结构维度。
580名印度大学生（291名女性；M = 22.5 ± 4.45岁）的样本完成了自陈问卷——PVQ-RR、IRI、IPIP-BFI和FFMQ——采用内部一致性、探索性因素分析（EFA）和主成分分析（PCA）方法检查其内部一致性、因素效度和结构偏差。此外，一个接受一小时冥想干预的子样本（= 97）完成了ARSQ，以评估在正念状态下的类似结构指标。
FFMQ表现出很强的结构效度，强化了其五因素结构，并支持其在集体主义的印度背景下的适用性。IRI表现出近乎最佳的效度，移情关注（EC）和观点采择（PT）显示出预期的概念重叠；总体而言，强化了仅使用EC和PT来评估特质同理心。PVQ-RR表现出与施瓦茨模型一致的环形性，但在价值聚类方面显示出文化偏差。ARSQ显示出适度的结构一致性，而IPIP-BFI由于交叉载荷和解释不一致而表现出较差的结构效度。
研究结果对印度成年受教育群体中标准化心理社会工具的结构效度、内部一致性和维度进行了评估。FFMQ和IRI为其理论基础提供了有力支持，而PVQ-RR和ARSQ分别表现出与文化和认知情感因素相关的偏差。相比之下，IPIP-BFI在印度使用背景下需要在未来进行重大修改。
