Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the mental vulnerability questionnaire for the undergraduate students.

PurposeThe aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of mental vulnerability questionnaire (MVQ) for undergraduate students. Design and MethodsA cross-sectional design was conducted in a sample of 1217 undergraduate students. FindingsThe Cronbach's alpha of the overall scale was 0.901, the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.742, and the test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.935. Three-factors model was got by using exploratory factor analysis, the communalities of the items were 0.646 to 0.848, explaining 75.736% variance. With confirmatory factor analysis the fit indices were chi-square/degree of freedom (CMIN/DF)=2.796, comparative fit index (CFI)=0947, GFI=0.920, adjustedgoodness of fit index (AGFI)=0.902, incremental fit index (IFI)=0.947, root mean squareerror of approximation (RMSEA)=0.055, Tucker Lewis index (TLI)=0.940, root mean residual (RMR)=0.051. Practice ImplicationsThe Mental Vulnerability Questionnaire has a good reliability and validity, it can be considered as a tool to evaluate the mental vulnerability for undergraduate students.