ERIC Number: EJ1187681
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
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Development and Validation of a Chinese Language Version of the Ruminative Thought Styles Questionnaire
Walsh, E.; Shou, Y.; Han, J.; Brinker, J. K.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v36 n6 p604-615 Sep 2018
The Ruminative Thought Styles Questionnaire (RTS) conceptualizes rumination as repetitive, recurrent, intrusive, and uncontrollable thinking. This article outlines the development and validation of a Chinese language version of the RTS, the RTS-CH. Following independent translation, back translation, and final translation checking, the factor structure, convergent and divergent validity, and item-level congruence of the RTS-CH was examined and improved. The resultant scale showed equivalence to the RTS and had attractive psychometric properties. The RTS-CH is the first Chinese language rumination measure that does not have inherently negative or depressive content.
Descriptors: Chinese, Questionnaires, Measurement, Depression (Psychology), Validity, Translation, Factor Structure, Item Analysis, Psychometrics, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, College Students, Construct Validity, Anxiety Disorders, Bilingualism, Asians, English (Second Language)
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; China
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