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Law, Ben M. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L.; Ma, Cecilia M. S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Social systems, particularly family, school, and peer, are especially critical in influencing adolescents to participate in volunteer service; however, no objective measures of this construct exist. Objectives: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Family, School, and Peer Influence on Volunteerism scale (FSPV) among Chinese…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Validity, Foreign Countries
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Wong, P. K. S.; Wong, D. F. K.; Schalock, R. L.; Chou, Y-C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: In the field of intellectual disabilities (ID), the quality of life concept has been developing rapidly in Chinese societies including Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. However, there is a lack of locally validated instruments to measure the quality of life of people with ID. The study reported in this paper attempted to validate…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Chinese, Questionnaires
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Law, Ben M. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
The influence of culture on adolescent prosocial behavior is a neglected aspect in existing studies. Objectives: This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Cultural Influence on Helping Scale (CIHS) among Chinese adolescents. CIHS is an instrument that assesses Chinese cultural influence on helping other people. Method: The CIHS was…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Construct Validity, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Fung, Annis Lai-Chu; Gao, Yu; Raine, Adrian – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
This cross-sectional study examined the nature of child and adolescent psychopathy using the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) in 3,675 schoolchildren (ages 11-16) in Hong Kong, China. A confirmatory factor analysis observed a good fit for the three-factor model (callous-unemotional, impulsivity, narcissism) of APSD, with boys scoring…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Construct Validity, Children, Adolescents
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Stewart, Sunita M.; Kennard, Betsy D.; Lee, Peter W. H. – International Journal of Testing, 2007
Working within the framework of a confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) model, this study adds another dimension to construct validation of both the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) and a Chinese version of the BDI-II (C-BDI-II; Chinese Behavioral Sciences Society, 2000). Specifically, we tested for measurement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Negative Attitudes, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)