Re-Developing the Adversity Response Profile for Chinese University Students

Xiang Wang, Zi Yan, Yichao Huang, Anqi Tang and Junjun Chen
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Xiang Wang: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Zi Yan: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Yichao Huang: Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Anqi Tang: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Junjun Chen: Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: Adversity response is fundamental to dealing with adversity. This paper reports the re-development and subsequent psychometric evaluation of the Adversity Response Profile for Chinese University Students (ARP-CUS). The data were collected from a Chinese university student sample ( n = 474). Factor analysis and Rasch analysis were used to examine the psychometric properties of the ARP-CUS. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a six-factor model; then confirmatory factor analysis supported a five-factor solution. Rasch analysis provided further evidence of the psychometric quality of the instrument in terms of dimensionality, rating scale effectiveness, and item fit statistics for those six dimensions. The final version of the ARP-CUS contains 24 items across five subscales for assessing students’ responses to adversity, including control, attribution, reach, endurance, and transcendence. Overall, ARP-CUS demonstrates satisfactory psychometric properties for quantifying the adversity quotient of Chinese university students.

Keywords: adversity response profile; adversity quotient; scale re-development; Rasch measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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