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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Means, standard deviations, skewness, and kurtosis of scale (n = 154)

From: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Positive Thinking Scale in individuals after hip fracture surgery

Variable

Mean

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

Positive Thinking Scale

53.66

14.64

0.32

-1.35

Personal satisfaction subscale

39.01

10.70

0.32

-1.33

1. Interpret positively

2.95

0.96

0.19

-1.15

2. Live positively

3.01

0.92

0.24

-1.26

3. Easily satisfied

3.02

0.97

0.40

-0.87

4. Get along with other people

3.21

0.92

0.07

-0.61

5. Many positive things

3.01

0.96

0.37

-0.93

6. Life smoothly

2.94

0.92

0.48

-0.70

7. A lucky person

2.97

0.89

0.33

-0.83

8. Satisfied with appearance

2.95

0.98

0.36

-0.66

10. As a happy person

3.03

1.00

0.29

-1.01

11. Everything went well

3.04

0.91

0.18

-0.82

13. Satisfied with it

2.99

0.95

0.20

-0.93

14. Manage life with satisfaction

2.88

0.97

0.34

-0.56

15. More good things than bad things

3.01

0.90

-0.01

-0.82

Goal pursuit subscale

14.66

4.11

0.36

-1.15

9. Don’t give up

3.01

0.97

0.42

-0.85

12. Life is a process

3.03

1.01

0.29

-0.91

16. Be successful

2.88

1.05

0.13

-0.75

17. Trying to achieve

2.85

1.00

0.22

-1.16

18. Live with goals

2.89

0.97

0.27

-0.88