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

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 3 Item analysis, reliability, factor loading, and average variance extracted (n = 154)

Variable	Item-total score corrected correlation	Cronbach’s α (if item is deleted)	Cronbach’s α	Omega coefficient	Confirmatory factor analysis- factor loading	Average variance extracted
Positive Thinking Scale			0.98	0.98
Personal satisfaction subscale			0.97	0.97		0.75
1	0.89	0.97			0.90
2	0.89	0.97			0.91
3	0.88	0.97			0.90
4	0.82	0.97			0.84
5	0.87	0.97			0.88
6	0.88	0.97			0.90
7	0.86	0.97			0.87
8	0.86	0.97			0.87
10	0.89	0.97			0.90
11	0.87	0.97			0.88
13	0.86	0.97			0.87
14	0.63	0.98			0.64
15	0.84	0.97			0.86
Goal pursuit subscale			0.88	0.89		0.64
9	0.79	0.84			0.88
12	0.85	0.82			0.89
16	0.77	0.84			0.87
17	0.40	0.92			0.45
18	0.81	0.83			0.85
Variance					78.7