Psychological and Behavioral Assessment
Revision of the basic needs satisfaction in general scale(Chinese vision)
Dong-jie XIE, Li-gang WANG, Yu BAI, Wen-bin GAO
Published 2012-05-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2012, 21(5): 465-467. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.05.026
Abstract
ObjectiveTo revise and test the reliability and validity of the Chinese vision of the Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale (BNSG-S).
MethodsTotally 6366 youth workers from 5 organizations were recruited with stratified sampling method. Participants were asked to complete the Chinese vision of BNSG-S. Item analysis was conducted to identify valid items and revise the scale. Then the construct validity of the revised scale was tested through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis(EFA & CFA). The criterion validity was tested with the Index of Well-being Scale. Finally the reliability of the scale was examined.
ResultsThe revised scale consists of 15 items with 4 factors- satisfied state of autonomy need, blocked state of autonomy need, satisfied state of relatedness need, blocked state of relatedness need. The four factors explained 63.95% of the total variance. Besides, the CFA results demonstrated a satisfactory construct validity of the scale (RMSEA=0.056, NFI=0.97, NNFI=0.96, CFI=0.97). The correlation coefficients between the scale and the Index of Well-being Scale was 0.50 (P<0.01) and each factor was significantly correlated to the Index of Well-being Scale. The Cronbach's α coefficients of the Chinese vision of BNSG-S was 0.76, and those of its 4 factors were 0.80, 0.67, 0.83 and 0.80 respectively.
ConclusionThe Chinese vision of BNSG-S with 4 factors has good reliability and validity, demonstrating it a valid tool to measure Chinese basic needs satisfaction.
Key words:
Basic needs satisfaction in general; Reliability; Validity
Contributor Information
Dong-jie XIE
Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Li-gang WANG
Yu BAI
Wen-bin GAO
