Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Gudjonsson compliance scale: scale validation and associations with mental health

Table 3 Internal Consistency Reliability Analyses for GCS total and factor scales (N = 8,632)

	No. of items	Cronbach’s alpha	Range of inter-item correlations	Mean inter-item correlation
Factor 1	10	0.872	0.26~0.57	0.41
Factor 2	5	0.739	0.30~0.46	0.36
Factor 3	3	0.671	0.31~0.56	0.41
Total scale	18	0.877	-0.08~0.57	0.28

Note. GCS = Gudjonsson Compliance Scale. Factor 1: Difficulty in coping with authority and conflict; Factor 2: Eagerness to meet expectations; Factor 3: Social acceptance

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