TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the gratitude questionnaire (GQ) in Taiwanese undergraduate students
AU - Chen, Lung Hung
AU - Chen, Mei Yen
AU - Kee, Ying Hwa
AU - Tsai, Ying Mei
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Acknowledgments This study was partially supported by a grant from the Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (CTU97-P-24) to Ying-Mei Tsai. We are grateful to Fong-Chou Kuo for his kind assistance during data collection and to Chia-Huei Wu for his insightful comments on the draft of this article. Besides, we thank one of the reviewers for encouraging us to think more deeply about the possible differences in the sources, manifestations and social aspects of the gratitude.
Funding Information:
supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan. Previous studies in Taiwan indicated that this item was significantly related to marital status (Lee 2007) and income (Chiu 2004). Participants indicated their response to this question on a 6-point Likert scale with responses ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (6).
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ; McCullough et al. 2002) using Taiwanese undergraduate students. A total of 608 college students (Mage = 20.19, SD = 2.08) were recruited for the current study and they completed the GQ, optimism, happiness, and big five personality questionnaires. Confirmation factor analysis indicated that a five item model was a better fit than the original six item model. Cross-validation also supported the modified Chinese version of the GQ. In addition, the Chinese version of the GQ was, as expected, positively correlated with optimism, happiness, agreeableness, and extraversion, which supported its construct validity. The Cronbach's α was .80 for the Chinese version of the GQ, indicating satisfactory validity and reliability in a Taiwanese student sample. It was concluded that the Chinese version of the GQ would be useful for assessing individual differences in dispositional gratitude.
AB - The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ; McCullough et al. 2002) using Taiwanese undergraduate students. A total of 608 college students (Mage = 20.19, SD = 2.08) were recruited for the current study and they completed the GQ, optimism, happiness, and big five personality questionnaires. Confirmation factor analysis indicated that a five item model was a better fit than the original six item model. Cross-validation also supported the modified Chinese version of the GQ. In addition, the Chinese version of the GQ was, as expected, positively correlated with optimism, happiness, agreeableness, and extraversion, which supported its construct validity. The Cronbach's α was .80 for the Chinese version of the GQ, indicating satisfactory validity and reliability in a Taiwanese student sample. It was concluded that the Chinese version of the GQ would be useful for assessing individual differences in dispositional gratitude.
KW - Grateful
KW - Positive psychology
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.1007/s10902-008-9112-7
DO - 10.1007/s10902-008-9112-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70949093264
SN - 1389-4978
VL - 10
SP - 655
EP - 664
JO - Journal of Happiness Studies
JF - Journal of Happiness Studies
IS - 6
ER -