Questionnaire Data From the Revision of a Chinese Version of Free Will and Determinism Plus Scale

Questionnaire Data from the Revision of a Chinese Version of Free Will and Determinism Plus Scale

10.31234/osf.io/7ngey ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Qing-Lan Liu ◽

Fei Wang ◽

Wenjing Yan ◽

Kaiping Peng ◽

Jie Sui ◽

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Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Free Will ◽

Moral Identity ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Control Belief ◽

Just World ◽

Moral Self ◽

Personal Belief ◽

Self Image

We reported a questionnaire dataset accumulated from the revision of a Chinese version of Free Will and Determinism Scale Plus (FAD+). In this dataset, we collected data from 1232 participants. The questionnaires used in data collection included the FAD+ and 13 other widely-used questionnaires or tests (for example, the Big Five In-ventory, the Multidimensional Locus of Control, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the General and Personal Belief in a Just World Scale, the Chinese Disgust Sensitivity Scale, the Moral Identity Questionnaire, the Moral Self-Image Scale). The sample size for these questionnaires are different, ranging from 33 to 1100. Our preliminary analysis revealed that scores of these scales are reliable (Cronbach's alpha: .52 ~ .85, McDonald’s omega: .63 ~ .90). These data can be used for both research and educa-tional purposes, e.g., examining cultural differences and measurement invariance on belief in free will, locus of control, belief in just world. All data, together with their codebooks and manipulation code, are available at osf.io/t2nsw/

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The Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Free Will and Determinism Plus Scale

10.31234/osf.io/e53fk ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Qing-Lan Liu ◽

Fei Wang ◽

Jie Sui ◽

Kaiping Peng ◽

Chuan-Peng Hu

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Free Will ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Future Studies ◽

Valid Data

The Free Will and Determinism Plus (FAD+) is a widely-used questionnaire in research of belief in free will and has been translated into different languages. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of FAD+. We first translated and back-translated the FAD+, and then surveyed 1474 young adults, with 1333 valid data, in different sites in China. The first half of the data (n = 590) were used for items analysis, which resulted in the removal of 3 items. The rest of the data (n = 743) were used to assess the reliability, construct validity, and factor structure of the 24-item Chinese FAD+. Results revealed that the Chinese FAD+ are relatively reliable (α [.60 ~ .78], ω [.60 ~ .78], test-retest correlation [.54~ .59]) and valid (four-factor structure). Our results suggest that the 24-item FAD+ could be potentially useful for future studies that will use a similar population as ours.

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Assessing General Ecological Behavior

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.16.1.44 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 44-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Florian G. Kaiser ◽

Anders Biel

Keyword(s):

Internal Consistency ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

Situational Influences ◽

Behavior Difficulties ◽

Differential Behavior ◽

Ecological Behavior ◽

Political Actions ◽

Measurement Approach

Summary: The General Ecological Behavior (GEB) scale was developed for cross-cultural applications ( Kaiser & Wilson, in press ). The present study compares ecological behavior in Sweden and Switzerland. Questionnaire data from 247 Swedish and 445 Swiss participants are presented. Reliability and internal consistency analyses revealed that the GEB scale was applicable to both the Swedish and Swiss samples. In general, Swiss behave more ecologically than Swedes. Nevertheless, several ecological behaviors turned out to be easier to conduct in Sweden than in Switzerland and vice versa. The GEB scale takes differential behavior difficulties into account that are most likely caused by situational influences. At the same time, the proposed behavior measurement approach guides the search for potentially useful political actions that make it easier for people to behave ecologically in some societies and, thus, can be adopted by others.

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When Mother Earth Rises Up

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000112 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 271-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Simona Sacchi ◽

Paolo Riva ◽

Marco Brambilla

Keyword(s):

Free Will ◽

Natural Disasters ◽

Natural Disaster ◽

Mental States ◽

Disaster Victims ◽

Willingness To Help ◽

Mother Earth

Anthropomorphization is the tendency to ascribe humanlike features and mental states, such as free will and consciousness, to nonhuman beings or inanimate agents. Two studies investigated the consequences of the anthropomorphization of nature on people’s willingness to help victims of natural disasters. Study 1 (N = 96) showed that the humanization of nature correlated negatively with willingness to help natural disaster victims. Study 2 (N = 52) tested for causality, showing that the anthropomorphization of nature reduced participants’ intentions to help the victims. Overall, our findings suggest that humanizing nature undermines the tendency to support victims of natural disasters.

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