Development and validation of the good and evil character traits (Gect) scale

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ID21391842
AutoresLiying Jiao (0000-0003-1923-4838, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University) Faculty of Psychology Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China), Ying Yang (0000-0002-3751-2590, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University) Faculty of Psychology Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China), Zhen Guo (0000-0002-6563-5934, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University) Faculty of Psychology Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China), Yan Xu (0000-0002-2441-8618, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University) Faculty of Psychology Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China, autor correspondente), Heyun Zhang (0000-0003-4712-2964, School of Government Shanghai University of Political Science and Law Shanghai 201701 China), Jiang Jiang (0000-0001-5404-7339, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University) Faculty of Psychology Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China)
Ano2021
Volume62
Fascículo2
Páginas276-287
Data de publicação2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.12696
PMID33438756
OpenAlexW3120250504
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas85

The present study describes the development and validation of the good and evil character traits (GECT) scale. A set of 3,614 good and evil moral character descriptors (i.e., moral and immoral character traits) was selected from a dictionary of contemporary Chinese language and daily life expressions and ultimately condensed into 55 items. Then, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and parallel analysis (PA) were conducted to explore the structure and final items of the GECT with sample 1 ( n = 350), resulting in 21 good items and 32 evil items. After that, in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with sample 2 ( n = 350), the resulting factor structure was confirmed for the 53‐item scale (Study 1). Additionally, evidence of validity based on correlations with Honesty‐Humility and Dirty Dozen was demonstrated (Study 2). The implications of our findings for the assessment of good and evil characters and further theoretical exploration are discussed

Character (mathematics) · Character traits · Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Exploratory factor analysis · Good and evil · Honesty · Moral character · Psychometrics · Sample (material) · Scale (ratio) · Set (abstract data type) · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology