Adaptation and validation of the gratitude questionnaire GQ-6 for the ecuadorian context

Maria Marcela Cabrera Velez; Sandra Eugenia Lima Castro; Eva Karina Peña Contreras; Monica Elisa Aguilar Sizer; Alexandra Bueno-Pacheco; William Paul Arias Medina

doi:10.15689/ap.2019.1802.16215.03

Adaptation and validation of the gratitude questionnaire GQ-6 for the ecuadorian context

Maria Marcela Cabrera Velez (First Author)
, Sandra Eugenia Lima Castro
, Eva Karina Peña Contreras
, Monica Elisa Aguilar Sizer
, Alexandra Bueno-Pacheco
, William Paul Arias Medina (Last Author)

Universidad de Cuenca
Universidad del Azuay

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This paper evaluates the factor structure, reliability and validity of the gratitude scale (GQ-6) of McCullough, Emmons and Tsang (2002) and the five-item version proposed by Chen et al. (2009). Results of a sample of 1112 adults show that the five-item version has excellent internal consistency (α=.926; ω=.891; GLB=.913); high and significant factor loadings (greater than.8; p<.01), and excellent goodness of fit indexes (χ^2(5)=23.837 p<.001; CFI=.997; TLI=.995; RMSEA=.082, p=.045; SRMSR=.035; WRMSR=.837). The criterion validity was evaluated applying subscales of the PERMA-Profiler: positive emotions (ρ=.5702, p=.021) and negative emotions (ρ=-.1786, p=.0316). Finally, we find psychometric equivalence between the sex of the participants. In conclusion, the five-item questionnaire is valid and reliable in the Ecuadorian context.

Translated title of the contribution	Adaptación y validación del cuestionario de gratitud GQ-6 para el contexto ecuatoriano
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-137
Number of pages	9
Journal	Avaliacao Psicologica
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2019.1802.16215.03 https://doi.org/10.15689/AP.2019.1802.15689.03
State	Published - 2020

Keywords

Adaptation
Gratitude questionnaire
Psychometric properties
Validation
Wellbeing

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