Reliability and validity of the mandarin version of the medical curiosity scale

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20250212-00140

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To translate the medical curiosity scale(MCS) into mandarin and test its reliability and validity. Methods The MCS was translated and back translated according to the Brislin translation model. and the Chinese version of the MCS was formed after the cultural adjustment, by consulting five experts and selecting 30 medical students for cognitive interviews via purposive sampling between September and October 2023. From March to April 2024, 584 medical students from Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences were selected as the subjects of questionnaire survey by convenient purposive method to test its reliability and validity. Results The Mandarin Version of MCS contains two dimensions with 10 items. The item content validity index (I-CVI) was 0.8-1.0, and the scale content validity index (S-CVI) was 0.940. Two common factors were extracted from the exploratory factor analysis, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 63.9%. The Cronbach′s coefficient of the scale was 0.918, and The Cronbach′s coefficient of the 2 dimensions was 0.911 and 0.932. The retest reliability of the scale was 0.819 (P<0.01), and the two dimensions were 0.816 and 0.823, respectively. Conclusions The Mandarin version of MCS has good reliability and validity and is suitable for the assessment of the curiosity level of medical students under Chinese cultural background.

Key words: Medicine, Curiosity, Scale, Reliability, Validity

CLC Number:

R-05

Zhou Yinghua, Gong Jiayi, Zhu Aiyong, Zhu Yiming. Reliability and validity of the mandarin version of the medical curiosity scale[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2026, 46(2): 136-140.

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