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Bagheri Z, Chamanpara P, Jafari P, Balhara YPS, Arya S, Ransing R, Đorić A, Knez R, Thi TVV, Huong TN, Kafali HY, Erzin G, Vally Z, Chowdhury MRR, Sharma P, Shakya R, Campos LAM, Szczegielniak AR, Stevanović D. Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short form across ten countries: the application of Bayesian approximate measurement invariance. BMC Psychol 2022; 10:160. [PMID: 35751087 PMCID: PMC9229907 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00864-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) is the most frequently used generic quality of life (QOL) measure in many countries and cultures worldwide. However, no single study has been carried out to investigate whether this questionnaire performs similarly across diverse cultures/countries. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF across ten different countries. Methods The Q-LES-Q-SF was administrated to a sample of 2822 university students from ten countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, India, Nepal, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. The Bayesian approximate measurement invariance approach was used to assess the measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF.
Results Approximate measurement invariance did not hold across the countries for the Q-LES-Q-SF, with only two out of 14 items being non-invariant; namely items related to doing household and leisure time activities.
Conclusions Our findings did not support the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF; thus, considerable caution is warranted when comparing QOL scores across different countries with this measure. Item rewording and adaptation along with calibrating non-invariant items may narrow these differences and help researchers to create an invariant questionnaire for reliable and valid QOL comparisons across different countries.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zahra Bagheri
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Behavioral Addictions Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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- Institute of Mental Health, Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, B K L Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Kasarwadi, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Center for Applied Psychology, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Women´S and Children´S Health, Skaraborgs Hospital, Skövde, Sweden.,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- South Vietnam HIV Addiction Technical Transfer Centre, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- Catholic University of Petrópolis (UCP) and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Belgrade, Serbia
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Li PFJ, Wong YJ. Strength-centered therapy: a positive and culturally flexible therapeutic approach. ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/21507686.2021.1925313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- P. F. Jonah Li
- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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ZENG X, SUN Y, DENG Y, OEI TPS. Appreciative joy rooted in Chinese culture: Its relationship with strengths in values in action. THE JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2019.1651886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Xianglong ZENG
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China
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- School of Psychology and CBT Unit, Toowong Hospital, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Department of Psychology, James Cook University, Townsville, Singapore
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Sun L, Sabanathan S, Thanh PN, Kim A, Doa TTM, Thwaites CL, van Doorn HR, Wills B. Bayley III in Vietnamese children: lessons for cross-cultural comparisons. Wellcome Open Res 2019; 4:98. [PMID: 31448341 PMCID: PMC6685399 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15282.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: There are limited psychometric reports of construct validity following adaptation of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development 3
rd edition (Bayley III). This paper aims to demonstrate a process of assessing reliability, validity, and gender equivalence of the adapted tool for Vietnamese children. Methods: We evaluated cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, expressive communication and receptive communication subtests of the adapted tool in 267 healthy urban Vietnamese children. Subsets of participants were used to evaluate inter-observer and test-retest reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out to evaluate construct validity and measurement invariance between genders. Results: The adaptation demonstrated good inter-observer and test-retest reliability. CFA indicated that a construct representing a single underlying factor showed the best fit, although relationships between the observed scores and the latent traits underlying the scores varied between age groups. Within age groups, relationships between observed scores and these factors were not significantly influenced by gender. Conclusions: The Vietnamese Bayley III demonstrated good internal consistency and reliability. A latent structure with one general factor and additional residual correlations that change with age is supported by the theoretical understanding of child development. This is the first study to demonstrate gender invariance by age group. This adaptation is suitable for further research studies in urban Vietnamese children, but further work is needed to extend its applicability more broadly across Vietnam.
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- Luning Sun
- The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1AG, UK
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam.,Paediatric Neurology, Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK
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Snow NE. Positive psychology, the classification of character strengths and virtues, and issues of measurement. JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2018.1528376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Nancy E. Snow
- The Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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Duan W, Bu H. Development and initial validation of a short three-dimensional inventory of character strengths. Qual Life Res 2017; 26:2519-2531. [PMID: 28429239 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1579-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Character strength is described as a positive and organized pattern of emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. It serves as a schema that organizes categories of information toward the self, others, and the world, and provides the self-aware knowledge that facilitates the pursuit of goals, values, and ethical principles. Recent research has suggested that three reliable factors emerge from the measures of character strengths: caring, inquisitiveness, and self-control. The goal of this paper is to develop a psychometrically sound short measure of character strength. METHODS The questions were addressed in two studies using two independent samples: a cross-cultural (i.e., 518 Asians and 556 Westerners) sample, and a cross-population (i.e., 175 community participants and 171 inpatients) sample in China. RESULTS Findings from the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis suggested a cross-cultural three-factor model of character strength that could be measured by the Three-dimensional Inventory of Character Strengths (TICS). A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis further indicated that the number of factors and factor loadings was invariant in the medical and community samples. This result indicated that the brief inventory could be applied to a medical context. Internal reliability, content validity, and predictive validity were good, although the predictive validity of the three character strengths for psychological symptoms in the medical sample was more modest than that in the community sample. CONCLUSIONS TICS is expected to be used for screening populations at risk, and a tool to aid mental health professionals in group-based treatment/intervention planning. It also should be noted that this short inventory should be used with caution for individual decision making.
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- Wenjie Duan
- Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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Duan W, Ho SMY. Three-Dimensional Model of Strengths: Examination of Invariance Across Gender, Age, Education Levels, and Marriage Status. Community Ment Health J 2017; 53:233-240. [PMID: 27324904 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-016-0038-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Strengths are positive qualities that significantly contributed to well-being of individuals and community. Therefore, a reliable and valid measure of strengths for research and practice is needed. The Brief Strengths Scale (BSS) is a newly developed tool for measuring the three-dimensional strengths model (i.e., temperance, intellectual, and interpersonal strength). However, empirical support for the measurement invariance of the BSS has not been obtained. This study examined the three-factor structure of BSS across gender, age, education, and marriage groups in a community sample (n = 375) using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis. After removing one item of each subscale from the original version, the revised model provided a good fit to the data at different subgroups. The revised nine-item BSS indicated that measurement invariance across gender and age groups was achieved. In addition, the measurement was more influenced by social-cultural factors than biological factors.
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- Wenjie Duan
- Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Tang X, Duan W, Wang Y, Guo P. The development of Negative Self-Beliefs Inventory (NSBI): cultural adaptation and psychometric validation. PeerJ 2015; 3:e1312. [PMID: 26500821 PMCID: PMC4614916 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Social anxiety is an emotional disorder common to various populations around the world. The newly developed Self-Beliefs Related to Social Anxiety Scale (SBSA) aims to assess three kinds of self-beliefs through 15 items that include self-related cognitive factors that evidently result in social anxiety. This study explored the psychometric characteristics of SBSA among 978 Chinese. An eight-item Negative Self-beliefs Inventory (NSBI) was developed through qualitative and quantitative analyses. Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis suggested that NSBI contained clear, meaningful, stable, and invariant three-factor structure consistent with the original SBSA. Further analyses showed that the three subscales and the entire scale exhibited high internal consistency (0.779–0.837), good criterion validity, and good convergent and divergent validity (i.e., negative associations with flourishing and positive associations with anxiety, depression, and stress). These findings indicated that NSBI is reliable and valid for measuring negative self-beliefs in the Chinese population. A higher total score of NSBI indicates the more serious negative self-beliefs. Limitations of the present study and implications for research and practice were also discussed. Further studies are needed to evaluate the predictive ability, incremental validity, and potential role of NSBI in clinical and large-scale populations.
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- Xiaoqing Tang
- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Horizon Research Consultancy Group, Beijing, China
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- Hospital (T.C.M.) Affiliated to Sichuan Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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Duan W, Guo P. Association between virtues and posttraumatic growth: preliminary evidence from a Chinese community sample after earthquakes. PeerJ 2015; 3:e883. [PMID: 25870774 PMCID: PMC4393816 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Objective. Relationship, vitality, and conscientiousness are three fundamental virtues that have been recently identified as important individual differences to health, well being, and positive development. This cross-sectional study attempted to explore the relationship between the three constructs and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in three directions, including indirect trauma samples without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), direct trauma samples without PTSD, and direct trauma samples with PTSD. Methods. A total of 340 community participants from Sichuan Province, Mainland China involved in the study, most of which experienced Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquake. Participants were required to complete the self-reported questionnaire packages at one time point for obtaining their scores on virtues (Chinese Virtues Questionnaire), PTSD (PTSD Checklist-Specific), and PTG (Post-traumatic Growth Inventory-Chinese). Results. Significant and positive correlations between the three virtues and PTG were identified (r = .39–.56; p < .01). Further regression analysis by stepwise method reveled that: in the indirect trauma samples, vitality explained 32% variance of PTG. In reference to the direct trauma sample without PTSD, both relationship and conscientiousness explained 32% variance of PTG, whereas in the direct trauma sample with PTSD, only conscientiousness accounted for 31% the variance in PTG. Conclusion.This cross-sectional investigation partly revealed the roles of different virtues in trauma context. Findings suggest important implications for strengths-based treatment.
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- Wenjie Duan
- Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- Hospital (T. C. M) Affiliated to Luzhou Medical College , Luzhou, Sichuan , China
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Duan W, Ho SMY, Siu BPY, Li T, Zhang Y. Role of virtues and perceived life stress in affecting psychological symptoms among Chinese college students. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2014; 63:32-39. [PMID: 25257884 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2014.963109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study explored the relationship among virtues, self-perceived life stress, and psychological symptoms. PARTICIPANTS A total of 235 undergraduates participated in the study in March 2013. METHODS The participants were recruited to complete the Life Stress Rating Scale for College Students, the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire that measures 3 virtues (relationship, vitality, and conscientiousness), and the Symptom Checklist-90. RESULTS Regression analyses indicated that the perceived stress from minor events explained approximately 35.00% of the variance of psychological symptoms. Both vitality and conscientiousness contributed to another 6.00% of psychological symptoms. Perceived stress from minor events mediated the relationship between vitality and psychological symptoms, whereas conscientiousness directly affected psychological symptoms regardless of the perceived stress level. CONCLUSION This study clarified the positive role of virtues in stressful situations among Chinese undergraduates. The results benefit the college health professionals in attending strengths of their clients in practice both in Eastern and Western countries.
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- Wenjie Duan
- a Department of Applied Social Sciences City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong , China
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