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Translation and Validation of Psychological Capital Questionnaire

    Saadiya Abbasi

    National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Anila Kamal

    National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Sobia Masood

    National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan


Received
31 Oct, 2018
Accepted
17 Feb, 2020
Published
31 Mar, 2020

The present study was conducted to translate the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24; Luthans, Avolio, Avey, & Norman, 2007) Urdu language and to establish the construct validity of the translated version. The study was completed in two phases. In the first phase, Urdu version of PCQ-24 was obtained after the forward and back translations as per the guidelines suggested by Brislin (1970). In the second phase, the Urdu version of PCQ-24 was validated which measures the construct of psychological capital. The sample comprised of 380 small business entrepreneurs (men = 270, women = 110), taken from Rawalpindi and Islamabad with age range of 18 to 50 years. For this instrument, two concurrent models were tested through confirmatory factor analysis; the first model analyzed was for a four-factor structure. In this model, four subscales of PCQ-24 including Self-efficacy, Hope, Resilience, and Optimism were taken as interrelated factors. While, the second model was a hierarchical model in which four subscales were loaded onto a latent factor of PsyCap. Results established that the four-factor structure of PsyCap showed better fit than the higher-order factor structure. Furthermore, PCQ-24 showed adequate construct validity and reliability after excluding three problematic items (i.e., no. 13, 20, & 23) which were found to cause poor model-fit and lower the reliabilities. Overall, the findings show that newly translated Urdu version of PCQ-24 is a reliable and a valid measure in Pakistani context.

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APA-7 Style
Abbasi, S., Kamal, A., Masood, S. (2020). Translation and Validation of Psychological Capital Questionnaire. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 35(1), 209-225. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.1.12

ACS Style
Abbasi, S.; Kamal, A.; Masood, S. Translation and Validation of Psychological Capital Questionnaire. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2020, 35, 209-225. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.1.12

AMA Style
Abbasi S, Kamal A, Masood S. Translation and Validation of Psychological Capital Questionnaire. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2020; 35(1): 209-225. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.1.12

Chicago/Turabian Style
Abbasi, Saadiya, Anila Kamal, and Sobia Masood. 2020. "Translation and Validation of Psychological Capital Questionnaire" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 35, no. 1: 209-225. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.1.12