PsyCap Questionnaire-24 – Chinese Version

Description

The concept of psychological capital, proposed by Luthans et al., emphasizes the positive psychological resources and strengths of individuals. It is defined as “the core psychological elements of individual positivity, specifically manifested as psychological states that align with positive organizational behavior standards. It transcends human capital and social capital and can be developed through targeted investment to give individuals a competitive advantage.” Psychological capital consists of four positive psychological states.

Authors and Contact Email

Luthans, Avey, and Zhang et al. (Contact email information not available)

Purpose

The purpose of the research is to explore the positive influence of psychological capital on work performance among employees, highlighting its correlation with factors such as hope, optimism, resilience, and self-efficacy.

Test Year

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Administration Method and Scoring

The PsyCap Questionnaire-24 (PCQ-24) is used to assess psychological capital, where “1” represents “completely disagree,” “2” indicates “disagree,” “3” means “neutral,” “4” signifies “agree,” and “5” indicates “completely agree.”

Reliability and Validity

Research indicates that psychological capital has a positive correlation with employee work performance. Specifically, studies show that psychological capital is positively related to both task performance and organizational citizenship behavior.

Factors and Subscales

Psychological capital is composed of the following four positive psychological states:
1. 自信或自我效能感 (Self-efficacy) – The degree to which an individual believes they can motivate themselves, use cognitive resources, and execute action plans in specific situations.
2. 希望 (Hope) – An optimistic and motivational state founded on the interplay between goal-oriented agency and the feelings of success derived from achieving these goals.
3. 乐观 (Optimism) – A positive explanatory style where individuals attribute positive events to internal, stable, and global causes and negative events to external, temporary, and specific situational causes.
4. 坚韧性 (Resilience) – The ability of an individual to recover quickly from adversity, uncertainty, conflict, failure, and stress.

Keywords

Psychological Capital, Work Performance, Positive Psychology, Self-efficacy, Hope, Optimism, Resilience

Items in Chinese

1. 我相信自己能分析长远的问题，并找到解决方案
2. 与集体开会时，我在陈述自己学生工作、学习范围之内的事情方面很信
3. 我相信自己对集体决策的讨论有贡献
4. 在学生工作和生活中，我相信自己能够设定相应目标
5. 我相信自己能够与集体外部的人《比如其他班级、专业、学院等)联系，并讨论问题
6. 我相信自己能够向一群同学明确的陈述我所想表达的信息
7. 当我发现自己在生舌和学业中陷入了困境，我能想出很多办法摆脱出来
8. 目前，我能精力饱满地宪成自己的学习和生活目标
9. 任何问题都有很多解决办法
10. 眼前，我认为自己在学业和生活上相当成功
11. 我能想出很多办法来实现我目前的学习和生活目标
12. 目前，我正在实现我为自己设定的生活及学业目标
13. 在生活中遇到挫折时，我很难从中恢复过来，并继续前进(R)
14. 在生活中，无论如何我都会去解决遇到的难题
15. 在生活中如果有事情不得不去做，我也能独立应战
16. 我通常对学习和生活中的压力能泰然处之
17. 因为以前经历过很多磨难，所以我现在能挺过学习和生活上的困难时期
18. 在我目前的生活中，我感觉自己能同时处理很多任务
19. 在学习和生活中，当遇到不确定的事情时，我通常期盼最好的结果
20. 如果某件事情可能会出错，即使我做好自己的事情，它也会出错(R)
21. 对自己的生活和学业，我总是看到事情光明的一面
22. 对生活未来会发生什么，我是乐观的
23. 在我目前的生活和学业中，事情从来没有像我希望的那样发展(R)
24. 生活中，我总相信“黑暗的背后就是光明”，不用悲观

Items in English

1. I believe I can analyze long-term problems and find solutions.
2. In collective meetings, I am confident in presenting matters within my student work and learning scope.
3. I believe I contribute to discussions in collective decision-making.
4. In student work and life, I believe I can set appropriate goals.
5. I believe I can communicate and discuss issues with people outside the group (like other classes, majors, colleges, etc.).
6. I believe I can clearly articulate what I want to express to a group of classmates.
7. When I find myself struggling in life and academics, I can think of many ways to overcome it.
8. Currently, I feel energized to achieve my study and life goals.
9. Every problem has many solutions.
10. At present, I think I am quite successful in academics and life.
11. I can think of many ways to achieve my current study and life goals.
12. Currently, I am realizing the life and academic goals I have set for myself.
13. I have difficulty recovering and moving on when I encounter setbacks in life (R).
14. No matter what, I will solve the problems I face in life.
15. If there is something I have to do in life, I can face it independently.
16. I usually remain calm under pressure in my studies and life.
17. Having gone through many hardships before, I can now weather difficulties in my studies and life.
18. In my current life, I feel I can handle many tasks at the same time.
19. In my studies and life, when I encounter uncertain situations, I usually hope for the best outcome.
20. If something might go wrong, it will go wrong even if I do my part (R).
21. I always see the bright side of my life and studies.
22. I am optimistic about what will happen in my future life.
23. In my current life and studies, things never develop as I hope (R).
24. In life, I always believe “behind the darkness is light,” so there is no need to be pessimistic.

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