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Anti-frustration ability is the ability of individuals to stand up to frustration. The purpose of this study is to develop an anti-frustration ability scale for primary and secondary school students and provide a sound measuring tool for relevant studies. 3168 participants were involved in the study, of which 2488 were formally tested. In the formal test, the samples was randomly divided into 2 groups: Group 1 (n = 1068) was for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis; Group 2 (n = 1420) was for confirmatory factor analysis. The scale consists of 10 items. Item analysis shows that, the item-total correlation of the scale ranges from 0.47 to 0.76; the difference in scores between high and low groups of participants on all items is significant. Exploratory factor analysis shows that, the scale consists of three factors: “frustration endurance”, “frustration mediation” and “growth with frustration”, whose cumulative variance contribution rate is 67.74%. Confirmatory factor analysis shows that the scale had good construct validity (χ2/df = 2.6, GFI = 0.99, AGFI = 0.98, NFI = 0.99, IFI = 0.99, CFI = 0.99, RMR = 0.019, RMSEA = 0.034). The internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha) of the scale is 0.83, the Spearman-Brown split-half coefficient is 0.79 and the test-retest coefficient is 0.83. One’s anti-frustration ability is positively correlated with social support (r = 0.49) and self-esteem (r = 0.52). Overall the findings suggest that the Anti-frustration Ability Scale for Primary and Secondary School Students is a reliable and valid tool to measure the anti-frustration ability of primary and secondary school students.
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This study was supported by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (18SDT041) and a research grant from the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, China (A1703).
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Xiujun Yang, Xiaolu Li, DaqiNian, Jing Xu and Huawu He. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Xiujun Yang. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Yang, X., Li, X., Nian, D. et al. Development and psychometric analysis of the anti-frustration ability scale for primary and secondary school students. Curr Psychol 41, 8271–8279 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01913-2
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