中国成年人情绪性量表在老年群体中的信效度

Reliability and validity of emotionality scale for Chinese adults among elderly population

目的评价中国成年人情绪性量表在老年群体中的信度和效度。方法采用中国成年人情绪性量表对263名老年人进行调查,其中30人接受重测,分析量表的信度和效度。结果修订后删除了表达性维度的7个条目,保留原量表愉悦性和镇定性2个维度,共20个条目;总量表的α系数为0.90,愉悦性、镇定性和表达性各维度的α系数分别为0.93、0.86和0.59;量表总分、愉悦性、镇定性、表达性的重测信度分别为0.80、0.74、0.85和0.65;量表总分、愉悦性、镇定性和效标量表的相关系数为0.504~0.733(P<0.001)。结论中国情绪性量表(20项)具有较好的信度和效度,可以作为评估我国老年人情绪性特点的工具。

Objective To assess the reliability and validity of the emotionality scale for Chinese adults among elderly population.Methods Data were collected from a sample of 263 old people and 30 old people of the initial sample finished the re-test. Results The revised scale deleted 7 items from expressive dimensions,contained agreeableness and calmness dimensions,which consisted of 20 items. The internal consistency coefficient of the whole scale was 0.90,and that of agreeableness,calmness and expression were 0.93,0.86 and 0.59 respectively. The re-test reliability of the whole scale,agreeableness,calmness and expression were 0.80,0.74,0.85 and 0.65. The criterion-related validity coefficients of the whole scale,agreeableness and calmness ranged from 0.504 ～ 0.733. Conclusions The revised Emotionality Scale for Chinese adults is a suitable tool to assess the emotionality level of old people in China.