# The Chinese version of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Questionnaire: psychometric properties among adolescent students

## TL;DR

This study validated a Chinese version of the SOC Questionnaire for assessing self-regulation in senior secondary school students.

## Contribution

The study provides a culturally adapted and validated version of the SOC Questionnaire for Chinese adolescents.

## Key findings

- The 17-item SOC Questionnaire showed a three-factor structure with strong reliability and validity.
- The psychometric properties were supported by convergent, concurrent, and incremental validity.
- The factor correlations differed from the original American adolescent sample.

## Abstract

This study established the reliability and validity of the Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Questionnaire in a sample of senior secondary school students in China.

The data for this study were sourced from 1,080 students from multiple senior secondary schools using the SOC Questionnaire and the Learning Engagement Scale. This study conducted Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The factor structure analysis of the psychometric properties of SOC Questionnaire were examined on reliability, convergent validity, concurrent criterion validity, and incremental validity.

The EFA results suggested that a three-factor solution was most appropriate for the SOC Questionnaire. The three-factor CFA model of this study calculated correlations different from what was published with an American sample of adolescents by the questionnaire developers. The reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s α, McDonald’s ω), composite reliability (rho_c), and reliability coefficient (rho_a), convergent and discriminant validity were good. Concurrent criterion validity, and incremental validity were demonstrated by the SOC Questionnaire and the LES.

The 17-item, 3-factor SOC Questionnaire demonstrated strong reliability and validity, thus offering a new multidimensional of the SOC Questionnaire to evaluate intentional self-regulation among adolescents in schools.