Psychometric Validation of the CD-RISC-10 Among Chinese Construction Project High-Place Workers
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Participants and Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Item Discrimination
3.2. Exploratory Factor Analysis
3.3. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis
3.4. Psychological Characteristics of High-Place Workers
3.4.1. Clustering Results for Psychological Resilience
3.4.2. Analysis of Influencing Factors
3.4.3. Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Statistical Content | Sample Classification | Number of Samples | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 325 | 100 |
Age | Under 30 years old | 54 | 16.6 |
31~40 years old | 137 | 42.2 | |
41~50 years old | 78 | 24.0 | |
Over 51 years old | 56 | 17.2 | |
Length of service | Less than 10 years | 68 | 20.9 |
11~20 years | 132 | 40.6 | |
21~30 years | 80 | 24.6 | |
Over 31 years | 45 | 13.8 | |
Educational level | Junior high school and below | 6 | 1.8 |
High school, vocational high school, technical secondary school | 45 | 13.8 | |
Junior college | 60 | 18.5 | |
Undergraduate | 206 | 63.4 | |
Graduate and above | 8 | 2.5 | |
Accident experience | Yes | 56 | 17.2 |
No | 269 | 82.8 |
Item | t | df | Sig. | r | SMC | Coefficient After Deleting Item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1 | 9.588 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.422 | 0.179 | 0.836 |
9.588 | 144.674 | <0.001 | ||||
A2 | 11.791 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.509 | 0.260 | 0.828 |
11.791 | 165.731 | <0.001 | ||||
A3 | 9.038 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.466 | 0.218 | 0.831 |
9.038 | 162.461 | <0.001 | ||||
A4 | 10.928 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.523 | 0.273 | 0.826 |
10.928 | 161.869 | <0.001 | ||||
A5 | 11.242 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.545 | 0.298 | 0.824 |
11.242 | 161.723 | <0.001 | ||||
A6 | 13.219 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.596 | 0.355 | 0.819 |
13.219 | 161.649 | <0.001 | ||||
A7 | 10.611 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.511 | 0.261 | 0.828 |
10.611 | 168.199 | <0.001 | ||||
A8 | 12.698 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.590 | 0.348 | 0.820 |
12.698 | 158.942 | <0.001 | ||||
A9 | 11.479 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.601 | 0.361 | 0.819 |
11.479 | 155.485 | <0.001 | ||||
A10 | 13.152 | 174 | <0.001 | 0.588 | 0.346 | 0.821 |
13.152 | 161.754 | <0.001 |
KMO Measure of Sampling Adequacy | 0.901 | |
Bartlett’s Test of sphericity | Approx. chi-square | 1000.329 |
Degrees of freedom (df) | 45 | |
Significance (Sig.) | <0.001 |
Item | Factor Loading | Communality Values |
---|---|---|
A1 | 0.555 | 0.764 |
A2 | 0.586 | 0.871 |
A3 | 0.678 | 0.728 |
A4 | 0.685 | 0.798 |
A5 | 0.687 | 0.922 |
A6 | 0.712 | 0.890 |
A7 | 0.582 | 0.790 |
A8 | 0.681 | 0.891 |
A9 | 0.694 | 0.904 |
A10 | 0.747 | 0.890 |
Eigenvalue | 4.401 | |
Cumulative of Variance (%) | 88.109 |
Structural Model | χ2/df | RMSEA | NFI | CFI | IFI | TLI | AGFI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CD-RISC-10 | 2.458 | 0.067 | 0.915 | 0.947 | 0.948 | 0.932 | 0.922 |
Route | Estimate | AVE | CR (Combination Reliability) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1 | ← | A | 0.485 | 0.612 | 0.8579 |
A2 | ← | A | 0.520 | ||
A3 | ← | A | 0.631 | ||
A4 | ← | A | 0.637 | ||
A5 | ← | A | 0.634 | ||
A6 | ← | A | 0.672 | ||
A7 | ← | A | 0.525 | ||
A8 | ← | A | 0.641 | ||
A9 | ← | A | 0.654 | ||
A10 | ← | A | 0.720 |
Research Variables | Cluster 1 (N = 56) | Cluster 2 (N = 41) | Cluster 3 (N = 228) |
---|---|---|---|
Total score of psychological resilience | 30 | 45 | 38 |
Item | Category | M ± SD | p | F | LSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Under 30 years old | 32.76 ± 3.592 | <0.001 | 9.838 | 1 < 2, 3, 4 |
31~40 years old | 34.82 ± 3.705 | ||||
41~50 years old | 36.38 ± 4.030 | ||||
Over 51 years old | 36.11 ± 5.311 | ||||
Length of service | Less than 10 years | 33.22 ± 3.652 | <0.001 | 8.554 | 2 < 1, 3, 4 |
11~20 years | 35.10 ± 3.895 | ||||
21~30 years | 36.65 ± 4.317 | ||||
Over 31 years | 35.00 ± 4.904 | ||||
Educational level | Junior high school and below | 32.50 ± 2.345 | 0.003 | 4.067 | 2 < 1, 3, 4, 5 |
High school, vocational high school, technical secondary school | 33.04 ± 2.585 | ||||
Junior college | 35.63 ± 4.543 | ||||
Undergraduate | 35.47 ± 4.380 | ||||
Graduate and above | 34.13 ± 3.563 | ||||
Accident experience | Yes | 30.93 ± 2.173 | <0.001 | 32.470 | |
No | 35.94 ± 4.062 |
Item | Partial Regression Coefficient | Standard Regression Coefficient | t | p | Coefficient of Determination R2 | TOL | VIF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | 13.816 | 8.652 | <0.001 | 0.390 | |||
Age | 2.164 | 0.490 | 4.776 | <0.001 | 0.182 | 5.496 | |
Length of service | −0.214 | −0.048 | −0.483 | 0.629 | 0.193 | 5.183 | |
Educational level | 1.721 | 0.336 | 6.818 | <0.001 | 0.786 | 1.272 | |
Accident experience | 4.990 | 0.444 | 9.950 | <0.001 | 0.959 | 1.403 |
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Fan, R.; Li, Y.; Zhang, R.; Gao, J.; Wu, X. Psychometric Validation of the CD-RISC-10 Among Chinese Construction Project High-Place Workers. Buildings 2025, 15, 822. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15050822
Fan R, Li Y, Zhang R, Gao J, Wu X. Psychometric Validation of the CD-RISC-10 Among Chinese Construction Project High-Place Workers. Buildings. 2025; 15(5):822. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15050822
Chicago/Turabian StyleFan, Ruiming, Yang Li, Ruoxi Zhang, Jingqi Gao, and Xiang Wu. 2025. "Psychometric Validation of the CD-RISC-10 Among Chinese Construction Project High-Place Workers" Buildings 15, no. 5: 822. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15050822
APA StyleFan, R., Li, Y., Zhang, R., Gao, J., & Wu, X. (2025). Psychometric Validation of the CD-RISC-10 Among Chinese Construction Project High-Place Workers. Buildings, 15(5), 822. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15050822