This research was supported by Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2019JJ40131).
机构署名：
本校为第一且通讯机构
院系归属：
教育学院
摘要：
Previous studies of the Children’s Hope Scale (CHS) have not compared its factor structure using samples of Chinese early adolescents and American early adolescents. Contrary to expectations, the one-factor model revealed a better fit for the Chinese sample (N = 1184) whereas the two-factor model revealed a better fit for the American sample (N = 1049). Full measurement invariance was not demonstrated for the two-factor model of the CHS with the Chinese adolescents. This finding indicated that researchers should not make mean level comparisons...
