Human Resources in Chinese Youngsters - A Chinese Adaptation of the QARCA

• Published in: Psychological Test Adaptation and Development Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 12 - 19
• Main Authors: Teuber, Ziwen, Wang, Qichen, Su, Yanjie, Lohaus, Arnold, Nussbeck, Fridtjof W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen Hogrefe Publishing 2020; Hogrefe Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adolescent Development; Childhood Development; Cross Cultural Differences; cross-cultural comparison; Environment; Factor Structure; Female; Foreign Language Translation; Human; Male; Measurement; Protective Factors; Psychological Assessment; psychological measurement; Questionnaires; resilience; Resilience (Psychological); Statistical Reliability; Test Construction; Test-Retest Reliability; youth development; cross-cultural comparison; protective factors; psychological measurement; resilience; youth development
• ISSN: 2698-1866; 2698-1866
• DOI: 10.1027/2698-1866/a000003

Background: The German Questionnaire to Assess Resources for
Children and Adolescents (QARCA; Lohaus & Nussbeck, 2016) is a diagnostic questionnaire that
estimates six personal resources and four environmental resources. This study
aimed to develop a Chinese version of the QARCA. Due to the important cultural
differences between China and Western countries, we focused on whether these
resources in a Chinese sample could be similarly assessed with Western samples
and whether the association between the subscales of the QARCA was comparable
across cultures. Methods: The validation sample consisted of
2,600 Chinese students and 393 parents. Results and Discussion:
The results indicated that the Chinese version was soundly adapted with its
postulated factorial structure. Reliability estimates for the subscale scores
were good and expected correlations within the QARCA, as well as with external
criteria. It is the first Chinese measure that simultaneously assesses personal
and environmental resources for youngsters.