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- Title
The reliability and the construct validity of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) in a sample of Romanian undergraduates.
- Authors
Balgiu, Beatrice Adriana
- Abstract
The present article focuses on the investigation of the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the Gratitude Questionnaire-6 (GQ-6), a self-report six-item questionnaire meant to measure the disposition to gratitude. The latter, together with validated measures of life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale) and affectivity (Scale of Positive and Negative Experience), was applied in the case of a sample of Romanian undergraduates (N = 250; Mage = 20,84). Both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis demonstrate that the model with one factor and five items is more appropriate for the measurement of gratitude than the original six-item version. This structure was confirmed and it was invariant for gender. The new GQ-5 instrument has an internal acceptable consistency of 0.70. The convergent validity is demonstrated by the fact that the gratitude is associated with life satisfaction, positive and negative affect.
- Subjects
GRATITUDE; FIVE-factor model of personality; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; EXPLORATORY factor analysis; TEST validity
- Publication
Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, p101
- ISSN
2247-6377
- Publication type
Article