Evaluating the Content Validity of a Psychological Capital Scale (PCQ-12): A Prospective Study of Higher Education Faculty in Pakistan

Abstract

The aim of our study was to obtain the evidence of content validity in the test construction/adaptation process. Our paper assesses the content validity of the Psychological capital Scale (Luthans, Avolio, Avey & Norman, 2007). Based on the results obtained for PCQ-12, the study concludes the significance of content validity during the scale development/adaptation. This study mainly focused on the expert judgment of 6 judges for the items constructed in order to determine the content validity. The assessments of the judges in order to analyze the PCQ-12 that collectively comprised of 12 items, resulted in elimination of 2 items with insufficient content validity (CVI < 0.70 and Kappa < 0.40).

Our study confirmed that PCQ-12 demonstrated a good content validity.

      Keywords: content validity, Kappa Index, psychological capital questionnaire, construct validity