Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Shortened Version of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire in a Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults

Abstract

Introduction: The original 89-item Zuckerman–Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (form III Revised, ZKPQ-III-R) is a widely accepted and used self-report measure for personality traits. This study assessed the reliability and construct validity of the Chinese short 46-item version of the ZKPQ-III-R in a sample of adolescents and young adults.Methodology: A total of 1,019 Chinese adolescents and young adults completed the Chinese version of the original 89-item version ZKPQ-III-R and short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R, self-report measures of depression, life satisfaction, and subjective health complaints (SHC), the Big Five personality traits, and a substance use risk profile. We explored the internal consistency of five dimensions of the short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R and compared it with observations in previous studies of Chinese and other populations. The structure of the questionnaire was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling.Results: The short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R had adequate internal reliability for all five dimensions, with Cronbach’s α coefficients of 0.63 to 0.84. The concurrent validity of the short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R was supported by significant correlations with depression, life satisfaction, and SHC. The short 46-item version ZKPQ-III-R had better fit, similar reliability coefficients, and slightly better construct and convergent validity than the 89-item version.Conclusion: The Chinese version of the 46-item ZKPQ-III-R presented reliability and validity in measuring personality in Chinese adolescents and young adults.

Personality correlates of eating pathology severity and subtypes in The National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement

“…Items for the NCS‐A personality questionnaire were drawn from various versions of the Zuckerman–Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ; Aluja et al, 2006; Zuckerman, 2002; Zuckerman, Kuhlman, & Camac, 1988; Zuckerman, Kuhlman, Joireman, Teta, & Kraft, 1993; Zuckerman, Kuhlman, Thornquist, & Kiers, 1991), and supplemented with additional items that assessed Emotionality (Eisenberg & Spinrad, 2004) and Behavioral Disinhibition (Rosenberg & Kagan, 1989). The short and long versions of the ZKPQ have demonstrated good cross‐cultural adaptability, construct validity, and concurrent and discriminant validity, and adequate to good internal consistency and reliability (see Aluja, Garcı́a, & Garcı́, 2003, 2004; Zuckerman & Cloninger, 1996; Zuckerman et al, 1993; Wang, Hu, Zheng, & Liu, 2017; Wu et al, 2000). Correlations between the personality subscales are reported in Table 1.…”

Reexamining the Psychometric Properties of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale

“…Australia, The Republic of Korea (Saliba, Moran, & Yoo, 2014), and Canada (Barnes, Cea, Baker, Holroyd, & Stockwell, 2014; Mushquash, Stewart, Mushquash, Comeau, & McGrath, 2014). This measure has also been translated into several languages, including Spanish (Fernández-Calderón, Díaz-Batanero, Rojas-Tejada, Castellanos-Ryan, & Lozano-Rojas, 2017; Robles-García et al, 2014), Brazilian Portuguese (Canfield et al, 2014), French (O’Leary-Barrett et al, 2017), Dutch (Malmberg et al, 2010), Chinese (Siu, 2010; D. Wang, Hu, Zheng, & Liu, 2017), Japanese (Omiya, Kobori, Tomoto, Igarashi, & Iyo, 2015), Korean (Saliba et al, 2014), and Sinhalese (Chandrika Ismail et al, 2009).…”

“…Wang, Hu, Zheng, & Liu, 2017), Japanese (Omiya, Kobori, Tomoto, Igarashi, & Iyo, 2015), Korean (Saliba et al, 2014), and Sinhalese (Chandrika Ismail et al, 2009). Furthermore, the SURPS has been used for evaluations of convergent validity for other measures, such as drinking motives assessments (Hudson, Wekerle, & Stewart, 2014; Mushquash et al, 2014) and translated IMP measures (D. Wang et al, 2017).…”