This paper aims at translating the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) into Italian and at investigating its validity and reliability in this context. In a web-based survey, 204 adult participants (M age = 28.96; SD = 10.27) completed the Italian version of the GQ-6, as well as subjective happiness, life satisfaction, loneliness, and social desirability questionnaires. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a one-factor solution explaining 46.16% of the variance of the original items and an acceptable Cronbach’s alpha equal to .745. The Italian version of the GQ-6 was, as expected, positively correlated with subjective happiness, life satisfaction and social desirability and was negatively associated with loneliness, which supported its construct validity. The Italian version of the GQ-6 also showed a discriminant validity relative to other positive affects and a good criterion validity in differentiating both believers and nonbelievers and high and low envious people

Italian translation and validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) / Caputo, Andrea. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WELLBEING. - ISSN 1179-8602. - 6:2(2016), pp. 80-92. [10.5502/ijw.v6i2.492]

Italian translation and validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6).

CAPUTO, ANDREA
2016

Abstract

This paper aims at translating the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) into Italian and at investigating its validity and reliability in this context. In a web-based survey, 204 adult participants (M age = 28.96; SD = 10.27) completed the Italian version of the GQ-6, as well as subjective happiness, life satisfaction, loneliness, and social desirability questionnaires. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a one-factor solution explaining 46.16% of the variance of the original items and an acceptable Cronbach’s alpha equal to .745. The Italian version of the GQ-6 was, as expected, positively correlated with subjective happiness, life satisfaction and social desirability and was negatively associated with loneliness, which supported its construct validity. The Italian version of the GQ-6 also showed a discriminant validity relative to other positive affects and a good criterion validity in differentiating both believers and nonbelievers and high and low envious people
2016
gratitude; happiness; life satisfaction; loneliness; social desirability
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Italian translation and validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) / Caputo, Andrea. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WELLBEING. - ISSN 1179-8602. - 6:2(2016), pp. 80-92. [10.5502/ijw.v6i2.492]
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