The revised version of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire-Short for Chinese middle school students

Ruijin Cai; Yaru Guo; Chunyu Lu

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1513882

The revised version of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire-Short for Chinese middle school students

Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 5:16:1513882. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1513882. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Ruijin Cai¹, Yaru Guo², Chunyu Lu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China.
² Key Laboratory of Adolescent Health Assessment and Exercise Intervention, Ministry of Education, College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Physical Education, Shibei Junior Middle School, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Objective: Chinese version of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire-Short (PSDQ-S) was revised, and its reliability, validity, and gender invariance were tested among Chinese middle school students.

Methods: A convenience sampling method was used to select 1,632 middle school students in grades 7-12 (12-18 years old) in Shanghai for the PSDQ-S questionnaire survey, and SPSS 24.0 and Mplus 8.3 software were used for data analysis.

Results: Eight factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis with a cumulative variance explanation rate was 79.45%. Confirmatory factor analysis supports the hypothesis of an 8-factor model (χ²/df = 1.846, CFI = 0.939, TLI = 0.929, SRMR = 0.050, RMSEA = 0.061), and the 8 dimensions are Endurance, Flexibility and Coordination, Body Fat, Appearance, Global Physical, Health, Sport, and Regular Exercise. The average variance extracted from each factor of the Chinese version of the PSDQ-S convergent validity index was greater than 0.50, and the composite reliability was greater than 0.60. The gender invariance hypothesis was established.

Conclusion: The revised Chinese version of the PSDQ-S has good validity, reliability, and gender equivalence, encompassing eight sub-dimensions that can assess the independent yet interrelated latent constructs within the physical self-concept of Chinese middle school students.

Keywords: Chinese; PSDQ-S; middle school students; physical self-concept; revision.