Social Functioning in Chinese College Students with and without Schizotypal Personality Traits: An Exploratory Study of the Chinese Version of the First Episode Social Functioning Scale

Yi Wang, Ya-hsuan Yeh, Sin-man Tsang, Wen-hua Liu, Hai-song Shi, Zhi Li, Yan-fang Shi, Ya Wang, Yu-na Wang, Simon S Y Lui, David L Neumann, David H K Shum and Raymond C K Chan

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 5, 1-6

Abstract: Objectives: The First Episode Social Functioning Scale (FESFS) was designed to measure social functioning of young individuals with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to validate a Chinese version of the FESFS in a sample of young Chinese adults. Method: The FESFS was translated to Chinese prior to being administered to 1576 college students. The factor structure, reliability, and validity of the scale were examined. Results: Two items were deleted after item analysis and the internal consistency of the whole scale was .89. A six-factor structure was derived by exploratory factor analysis. The factors were interpersonal, family and friends, school, living skills, intimacy, and balance. Estimates of the structural equation model supported this structure, with Goodness of Fit Chi-Square χ2 = 1097.53 (p

Date: 2013
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