The Spanish Journal of Psychology (2017), 20, e45, 1–7. © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid doi:10.1017/sjp.2017.51
Validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire in Filipino Secondary School Students Jana Patricia M. Valdez, Weipeng Yang and Jesus Alfonso D. Datu The University of Hong Kong (China)
Abstract. Most studies have assessed the psychometric properties of the Gratitude Questionnaire – Six-Item Form (GQ-6) in the Western contexts while very few research has been generated to explore the applicability of this scale in non-Western settings. To address this gap, the aim of the study was to examine the factorial validity and gender invariance of the Gratitude Questionnaire in the Philippines through a construct validation approach. There were 383 Filipino high school students who participated in the research. In terms of within-network construct validity, results of confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the five-item version of the questionnaire (GQ-5) had better fit compared to the original six-item version of the gratitude questionnaire. The scores from the GQ-5 also exhibited invariance across gender. Betweennetwork construct validation showed that gratitude was associated with higher levels of academic achievement (β = .46, p
Validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire in Filipino Secondary School Students Jana Patricia M. Valdez, Weipeng Yang and Jesus Alfonso D. Datu The University of Hong Kong (China)
Abstract. Most studies have assessed the psychometric properties of the Gratitude Questionnaire – Six-Item Form (GQ-6) in the Western contexts while very few research has been generated to explore the applicability of this scale in non-Western settings. To address this gap, the aim of the study was to examine the factorial validity and gender invariance of the Gratitude Questionnaire in the Philippines through a construct validation approach. There were 383 Filipino high school students who participated in the research. In terms of within-network construct validity, results of confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the five-item version of the questionnaire (GQ-5) had better fit compared to the original six-item version of the gratitude questionnaire. The scores from the GQ-5 also exhibited invariance across gender. Betweennetwork construct validation showed that gratitude was associated with higher levels of academic achievement (β = .46, p
