Validation of a Chinese Version of the Attitudes Toward Prisoners Scale. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chui, Wing Hong; Cheng, Kevin Kwok-yin
• Is Part Of: Prison journal. Volume 99:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 614
• Page End: 635
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: Attitudes Toward Prisoners Scale -- validation -- volunteering -- Chinese culture; Prisons -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 365.6
• DOI: 10.1177/0032885519875413
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-8855

Abstract

Using a Hong Kong–sourced sample of participants, this study set out to validate the Chinese version of the Attitudes Toward Prisoners (ATP-C) Scale and evaluate its psychometric properties. To provide further evidence for the ATP-C Scale's validity, it was then administered to three groups varying in their volunteering experience in Hong Kong. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure that differs from the unidimensional model proposed by the scale developers. Cronbach's alpha values were satisfactory for all four subscales, and construct validity of the ATP-C Scale was also assessed with a second sample of participants. Implications for the assessment of attitudes toward prisoners away from a one-dimensional spectrum and further directions for cross-cultural studies on related topics are discussed.