ABSTRACT

The general purpose of this study was to validate the French Psychological Capital Questionnaire (F-PCQ-24) in a French Air Force sample (N = 3,665). One specific aim was to verify what the best measurement model is for PsyCap, notably by using Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (B-ESEM). Another specific aim was to examine the measurement invariance of the best fitting model for the F-PCQ-24 across gender, rank and tenure. Results supported the superiority of the B-ESEM model of PsyCap with the hope dimension divided into its two components (will-power and way-power). Moreover, multi-group confirmatory factor analyses indicated the measurement invariance of F-PCQ-24 for gender and tenure, while there was a small problem with measurement invariance for rank. Overall, these findings confirm that the F-PCQ-24 is a stable measure of PsyCap and support previous theoretical considerations that PsyCap is a core construct. Implications of these findings, limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

 抽象的

本研究的总体目的是在法国空军样本 (N = 3,665) 中验证法国心理资本问卷 (F-PCQ-24)。其中一个具体目标是验证 PsyCap 的最佳测量模型，特别是使用双因子探索性结构方程模型 (B-ESEM)。另一个具体目标是检查 F-PCQ-24 跨性别、职级和任期的最佳拟合模型的测量不变性。结果支持了 PsyCap 的 B-ESEM 模型的优越性，其中希望维度分为两个组成部分（意志力和道路力）。此外，多组验证性因素分析表明F-PCQ-24对于性别和任期的测量不变性，而对于排名的测量不变性存在一个小问题。总体而言，这些发现证实 F-PCQ-24 是 PsyCap 的稳定衡量标准，并支持之前的理论考虑，即 PsyCap 是核心构造。讨论了这些发现的意义、局限性和未来研究的方向。