The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS): Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Chinese University Students

Frontiers in Psychology

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Huan Zhou¹  Wanting Liu¹  Jie Fan¹  Jie Xia¹  Jiang Zhu¹  Xiongzhao Zhu¹ 

[1] Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University;Medical Psychological Institute of Central South University

关键词: measurement invariance;    anhedonia;    TEPS;    gender;    confirmatory factor analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02130

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) is a self-report instrument assessing pleasure experience. The present study aimed to confirm the factor model of the Chinese version of TEPS and test measurement invariance of the scale across gender in Chinese university students. Participants were 2977 (51% female) undergraduates aged from 16 to 27 years (Mean age = 18.9 years). Results indicated that the revised four-factor structure of the TEPS had acceptable fit in the total sample and in gender groups. Furthermore, configural, metric and partial scalar invariance across gender were established. Two of the items (item 4 and 8) demonstrated different intercepts and women scored higher than men on both items. With partial scalar invariance demonstrated, test of differences in latent means indicated that men had lower levels of pleasure when compared with women. To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to test the measurement invariance of the TEPS across gender, which provides support for future research that involves examining hedonic capacity in Chinese men and women.

【 授权许可】

CC BY