Psychological Reactance Scale Development and Test of Its Reliability and Validity in College Students
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- 10.2991/icoeme-19.2019.116How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- psychological reactance; psychological measurement; reliability; validity
- Abstract
Objective: To develop a questionnaire of psychological reactance and test its reliability and validity. Methods: At first, the structure of trait reactance was proposed according to the Psychological Reactance Theory (PRT) and analysis on the related references included three main measurements of trait reactance, which were Questionnaire for the Measurement of Psychological Reactance (QMPR), The Therapeutic Reactance Scale (TRS), and The Hong Psychological Reactance Scale (HPRS). Based on this structure of trait reactance, the preliminary questionnaire was developed. The questionnaire was given to 1681 college students who were selected by convenient sampling in 6 universities in Wuhan. Results: Through exploratory factor analysis (n=479), the result indicated that the trait reactance consisted of opposite emotion, resistance to impact, refutation, paying regard to freedom, antiauthority and independence. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.84 and the test-retest reliability was 0.86. Then confirmatory factor analysis (n=459) was used (χ2 / df=2.30, RMSEA=0.05, GFI=0.92, NFI=0.91, NNFI=0.94, CFI=0.94, IFI=0.95). Trait reactance was found negatively related to MMPI-K subscale score, positively related to trait anger, but not related to internality, state anxiety and trait anxiety. Three factors of 16PF (vigilance, dominance and self-reliance) and two factors of EPQ (psychoticism and neuroticism) positively predicted trait reactance. It was also found that different types of temperament varied in trait reactance. Conclusion: The results indicate that six-dimensional structure of trait reactance is supported and the questionnaire has good reliability and validity. It can be used to measure individual trait reactance, and to be applied in related psychological researches.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Jing Liu AU - Ming Wang PY - 2019/06 DA - 2019/06 TI - Psychological Reactance Scale Development and Test of Its Reliability and Validity in College Students BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economy, Management and Entrepreneurship (ICOEME 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 618 EP - 624 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icoeme-19.2019.116 DO - 10.2991/icoeme-19.2019.116 ID - Liu2019/06 ER -