Behavioral and Psychological Assessment
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of tolerance for mental pain scale for college students
Dong Yaohua, Yang Xiaofeng, Bao Hugejiletu
Published 2023-07-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2023, 32(7): 641-646. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20230112-00022
Abstract
ObjectiveTo examine the reliability and validity of tolerance of mental pain scale (TMPS-10) in college students.
MethodsA total of 2 171 college students were recruited in this study from November to December 2021.Sample 1(n=1 085) was tested for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis from November to December 2021.Sample 2 (n=1 086) was tested for confirmatory factor analysis, convergence validity, and criterion validity analysis.Ninety-nine cases were randomly selected from sample 2 for retest intraclass correlation efficient (ICC) 30 days later.The questionnaire of suicide attitude (QSA), Beck depression inventory version 2 (BDI-Ⅱ), self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), and Chinese perceived stress scale (CPSS) were used to examine criterion validity of TMPS-10.The SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 21.0 softwares were used for statistical analysis.
ResultsThe exploratory factor analysis extracted two common factors, which explained 72.33% of the total variance contribution rate.The confirmatory factor analysis showed a good model fit (χ2/df=7.85, AGFI=0.92, GFI=0.95, TLI=0.96, CFI=0.97, IFI=0.97, RMSEA=0.08). The combined reliability (CR) of the Chinese version of TMPS-10 and its two factors were 0.96, 0.93 and 0.89, and the average variances extracted (AVE) were 0.72, 0.73 and 0.63.The total score of TMPS-10 was positively correlated with the two dimensions of QSA (knowledge of the nature of suicide behavior and attitude to euthanasia) (r=0.40, 0.09, both P<0.01), while was negatively correlated with the other two dimensions of QSA (attitude to suicide and attitude to suicide family members), and the total scores of BDI-Ⅱ, SAS, and CPSS (r=-0.30, -0.34, -0.30, -0.45, -0.46, all P<0.01). The Cronbach α coefficients of the Chinese version of TMPS-10 and its two factors were 0.82, 0.89 and 0.93, and the spilt-half reliabilities were 0.85, 0.89 and 0.89.The ICC of the Chinese version of TMPS-10 and its two factors after 30 days were 0.77, 0.87 and 0.86.
ConclusionThe Chinese version of TMPS-10 has good reliability and validity among college students, and it can effectively evaluate students' endurance of psychological pain.
Key words:
Tolerance of mental pain; Scale; Reliability; Validity; College students
Contributor Information
Dong Yaohua
School of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
Yang Xiaofeng
School of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
Bao Hugejiletu
School of Physical Education, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
