Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory in college students

Objective:To analyze the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of Cognitive Flexibility Inventory(CFI) in the college students.Methods:Totally 745 college students from Guangdong,Jiangxi,Hubei,Zhejiang Provinces and Beijing City were selected to complete the CFI.The Cognitive Flexibility Scale(CFS),Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D) and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ) were administered to test the criterion-related validity.And item analysis,confirmatory factor analysis,criterion-related validity and reliability were evaluated.Totally 99 participants of them were randomly selected after three weeks to calculate test-retest reliability.Results:Item analysis indicated that the 20 items of the Chinese version of CFI had good discrimination.Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the structure of the Chinese version of CFI was the same with the original CFI,and indicated good fit(χ~2/df=3.52,CFI =0.90,NNFI =0.89,SRMR =0.06,RMSEA= 0.06).The CFI scores were negatively correlated with the scores of CES-D depressed affect, somatic symptoms, interpersonal problems and SCSQ negative coping(r=-0.36,-0.33,-0.34,-0.26,Ps 0.001),and positively correlated with the scores of Chinese version of CFS,CES-D positive affect and SCSQ positive coping(r=0.72,0.44,0.48,Ps0.001).Moreover,the Cronbach α coefficient and composite reliability of the total scale and each subscale were above 0.80,and test-retest reliability of total scale and each subscale were above0.65.Conclusion:It suggests that the Chinese version of Cognitive Flexibility Inventory(CFI) has acceptable psychometric quality among Chinese college students,which could be used to evaluate cognitive flexibility in the college students.