Interpersonal Communication Ability Questionnaire – Chinese Version

Description

Research indicates that individuals with strong interpersonal relationship skills are better able to establish and actively utilize various social networks when faced with life stressors, while those who experience prolonged loneliness are typically rated as having lower interpersonal skills. Interpersonal competence differs from social ability; the latter is a broader concept that can refer to an individual’s social status in peer groups or their overall social adaptability, while interpersonal competence focuses on an individual’s capability to develop close relationships—such as with parents, close friends, partners, or siblings.

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Administration Method and Scoring

The Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ), developed by Buhrmester, has been localized and revised by Wang Yingchun, Qu Zhiyong, Gao Zhang, and others. The questionnaire consists of 35 items and is structured into five dimensions:
1. 施加影响的能力 (Ability to Influence)
2. 自我袒露能力 (Self-Disclosure Ability)
3. 提供感情支持能力 (Ability to Provide Emotional Support)
4. 发起交往能力 (Ability to Initiate Interactions)
5. 冲突解决能力 (Conflict Resolution Ability)

The questionnaire follows a 5-point Likert scale, where “1” denotes “Does not apply at all,” “2” indicates “Does not apply,” “3” means “Applies,” “4” stands for “Mostly applies,” and “5” represents “Absolutely applies.”

Reliability and Validity

Confirmatory factor analysis indicates that the revised ICQ demonstrates good structural validity, with GFI, NNFI, and CFI values all exceeding 0.85, and an RMSEA of 0.05. The questionnaire has good criterion validity, distinguishing participants with mutual friendships from those without. The overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the questionnaire is 0.93, with a split-half reliability of 0.89. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for each dimension range from 0.70 to 0.81, while split-half reliability falls between 0.69 and 0.79, and test-retest reliability ranges from 0.63 to 0.82.

Factors and Subscales

1. 施加影响的能力 (Ability to Influence)
2. 自我袒露能力 (Self-Disclosure Ability)
3. 提供感情支持能力 (Ability to Provide Emotional Support)
4. 发起交往能力 (Ability to Initiate Interactions)
5. 冲突解决能力 (Conflict Resolution Ability)

Keywords

Interpersonal Competence, Relationship Skills, Social Networks, Validity, Reliability, ICQ

Items in Chinese

1. 我能和刚认识的人一起玩，比方踢足球或看电影。
2. 当别人心情不好或难过时，我能够让他感觉好一些。
3. 我能按照自己的愿望和别人友好相处。
4. 我能以合理的方式处理冲突使问题容易解决而不是变得更糟。
5. 我能以自己独特的方式和别人建立新的关系。
6. 我能够给别人提供帮助，让别人觉得自己的问题不难解决。
7. 我能让别人看到自己比较敏感的一面。
8. 我能以合理的方式处理冲突而使双方都感觉比较舒服。
9. 我能与想认识或希望进一步了解的人聊天。
10. 我能让别人清楚对重要决定的思考和感受。
11. 做事情时我能坚持自己的立场。
12. 有时我会告诉别人有关自己的一些尴尬事。
13. 我能处理冲突，而使双方都不受到伤害或相互憎恨。
14. 我善于向别人介绍自己。
15. 我能帮助别人解除压力或处理棘手的事情。
16. 我能说服别人同意自己的观点。
17. 我能处理冲突，而不让好朋友觉得自己总是失败者。
18. 我会给刚刚认识的人打电话约定时间一起做事情。
19. 在别人遇到麻烦时，我真诚地关心他人。
20. 我能决定自己应该去做什么。
21. 我能与别人分享自己的观点和情感。
22. 我善于协调彼此之间的分歧而不会导致更大的矛盾。
23. 我能帮助别人更好地理解问题。
24. 我善于表达自己的愿望和观点。
25. 我能告诉某些人自己的小秘密而不告诉其他人。
26. 我能够迅速地解决冲突。
27. 我能以别人可以接受的方式提出意见和建议。
28. 我能以自己独特的方式和他人友好相处。
29. 我能告诉别人自己对其他人的真实感受。
30. 和别人发生冲突的时候，我能够控制自己的情绪。
31. 我留给别人的第一印象是一个风趣平易近人的人。
32. 我能认真倾听别人发牢骚。
33. 我能对去哪里或做什么做出决定。
34. 我能告诉别人自己对重要事情的思考。
35. 一旦证明自己是错误的，我能够放弃原来的主张。

Items in English

1. Asking or suggesting to someone new that you get together and do something, e.g., go out together.
2. Telling a companion you don’t like a certain way he or she has been treating you.
3. Revealing something intimate about yourself while talking with someone you’re just getting to know.
4. Helping a close companion work through his or her thoughts and feelings about a major life decision, e.g., a career choice.
5. Being able to admit that you might be wrong when a disagreement with a close companion begins to build into a serious fight.
6. Finding and suggesting things to do with new people whom you find interesting and attractive.
7. Saying “no” when a date/acquaintance asks you to do something you don’t want to do.
8. Confiding in a new friend/date and letting him or her see your softer, more sensitive side.
9. Being able to patiently and sensitively listen to a companion “let off steam” about outside problems s/he is having.
10. Being able to put begrudging (resentful) feelings aside when having a fight with a close companion.
11. Carrying on conversations with someone new whom you think you might like to get to know.
12. Turning down a request by a companion that is unreasonable.
13. Telling a close companion things about yourself that you’re ashamed of.
14. Helping a close companion get to the heart of a problem s/he is experiencing.
15. When having a conflict with a close companion, really listening to his or her complaints and not trying to “read” his/her mind.
16. Being an interesting and enjoyable person to be with when first getting to know people.
17. Standing up for your rights when a companion is neglecting you or being inconsiderate.
18. Letting a new companion get to know the “real you.”
19. Helping a close companion cope with family or roommate problems.
20. Being able to take a companion’s perspective in a fight and really understand his or her point of view.
21. Introducing yourself to someone you might like to get to know (or date).
22. Telling a date/acquaintance that he or she is doing something that embarrasses you.
23. Letting down your protective “outer shell” and trusting a close companion.
24. Being a good and sensitive listener for a companion who is upset.
25. Refraining from saying things that might cause a disagreement to build into a big fight.
26. Calling (on the phone) a new date/acquaintance to set up a time to get together and do something.
27. Confronting your close companion when he or she has broken a promise.
28. Telling a close companion about the things that secretly make you feel anxious or afraid.
29. Being able to say and do things to support a close companion when s/he is feeling down.
30. Being able to work through a specific problem with a companion without resorting to global accusations (“you always do that”).
31. Presenting good first impressions to people you might like to become friends with (or date).
32. Telling a companion that he or she has done something to hurt your feelings.
33. Telling a close companion how much you appreciate and care for him or her.
34. Being able to show genuine empathetic concern even when a companion’s problem is uninteresting to you.
35. When angry with a companion, being able to accept that s/he has a valid point of view even if you don’t agree with that view.

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Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ)