Reliability and Validity of Self-Concealment Scale in Chinese Older Adults

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Table 1 The Result of the Item Analysis of SCS

Item	All samples (N=521)		Low Subgroup (N=141)		High Subgroup (N=141)		Critical Ratio value	Correlationα Coefficients	Cronbach’s α Coefficient Test
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
1	2.61	1.03	1.63	0.60	3.46	0.86	20.73***	0.74***	0.903
2	2.40	0.96	1.55	0.54	3.16	0.86	18.92***	0.71***	0.904
3	2.70	1.06	1.65	0.66	3.60	0.77	22.92***	0.74***	0.903
4	2.50	1.00	1.59	0.55	3.33	0.85	20.47***	0.76***	0.902
5	2.67	1.02	1.72	0.65	3.54	0.80	21.02***	0.74***	0.903
6	2.53	1.03	1.60	0.52	3.48	0.88	21.92***	0.78***	0.900
7	2.55	1.04	1.62	0.65	3.49	0.84	20.83***	0.76***	0.902
8	2.61	1.03	1.53	0.54	3.55	0.78	25.30***	0.77***	0.901
9	2.48	1.00	1.50	0.54	3.21	0.93	18.82***	0.74***	0.903
10	2.54	1.02	1.61	0.62	3.37	0.87	19.51***	0.73***	0.904

Note: ***p<0.01.

Abbreviations: M, Mean; SD, Standard Deviation.

Table 2 The Result of the Exploratory Factor Analysis of SCS (N=521)

Items	Factor Loading	Communality
Item 1	0.71	0.50
Item 2	0.68	0.46
Item 3	0.70	0.49
Item 4	0.73	0.53
Item 5	0.70	0.49
Item 6	0.75	0.57
Item 7	0.72	0.52
Item 8	0.74	0.55
Item 9	0.71	0.50
Item 10	0.69	0.47

Table 3 The Result of the Criterion Association Validity Test of SCS (N=564)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. SCS	–
2. DDI	−0.39**	–
3. RCBS	0.47**	−0.42**	–
4. SIAS	0.59**	−0.36**	0.70**	–
5. SPS	0.54**	−0.38**	0.67**	0.86**	–
6. ULS-8	0.41**	−0.44**	0.50**	0.52**	0.56**	-
7. K10	0.55**	−0.40**	0.56**	0.67**	0.72**	0.69**	-
8. Depression	0.52**	−0.37**	0.54**	0.65**	0.71**	0.64**	0.95**	-
9. Anxiety	0.54**	−0.40**	0.55**	0.64**	0.68**	0.68**	0.98**	0.87**	-
Mean	25.64	38.52	32.73	11.77	15.97	16.15	22.48	9.04	13.44
Standard deviation	8.35	7.85	7.94	4.15	5.91	4.29	7.94	3.30	4.91

Note: **p<0.01.

Abbreviations: SCS, Self-Concealment Scale; DDI, Distress Disclosure Index; RCBS, Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale; SIAS, Social Interaction Anxiety Scale; SPS, Social Phobia Scale; ULS-8, UCLA Loneliness scale; K10, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.

Table 4 The Result of the Cross-Gender Consistency Test of SCS (N=564)

Model	χ^2	df	χ^2/df	CFI	IFI	TLI	RMSEA (90% CI)	∆CFI	∆RMSEA
M1	194.557	70	2.779	0.961	0.961	0.949	0.056 (0.047~0.066)
M2	198.052	79	2.507	0.962	0.963	0.957	0.052 (0.043~0.061)	0.001	−0.004
M3	210.552	89	2.366	0.962	0.962	0.961	0.049 (0.041~0.058)	−0.0008	−0.003
M4	221.695	99	2.239	0.961	0.961	0.965	0.047 (0.039~0.055)	−0.001	−0.002

Abbreviations: M1, Configural Invariance Model; M2, Weak Invariance Model; M3, Strong Invariance Model; M4, Strict Invariance Model.