Psychometric of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II in Indonesia.

Abstract

Background: Curiosity is a personality characteristic, which fits with wellbeing and positive functioning. The objective of this study was to assess the construct validity of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory II (CEI-II) in Indonesia.Design and Methods: The study included 256 undergraduate students who lived in Indonesia, mean age 19.8 years old. The CEI-II measures stretching and embracing using 11 items. The English version of CEI-II was translated into Bahasa. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were addressed to examine internal consistency reliability and the test-retest reliability. To evaluate construct validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to assess factor structure and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to evaluate the structural model fit of the CEI-II Indonesia version.Results: The study showed Cronbach’s alpha for the internal consistency of the overall CEI-II Indonesia version was 0.77. The ICC for the test-retest reliability ranged between 0.753-0.829. EFA showed adequate with the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value of 0.86 and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity was statistically significant. CFA tested the second-order model with two-order factors and showed a model fit.Conclusions: The CEI-II Indonesia version indicated acceptable construct validity to evaluate curiosity in Indonesia.Significance for public healthCuriosity is associated with higher life satisfaction as well as subjective well-being. The National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, United States mentioned subjective well-being as 1 of 7 priority areas for the National Prevention Strategy to improve physical and mental functioning. Curiosity has been conceptualized as an individual desire to look for something new, cognition, and self-regulation. It is considered as an important role in human development. Furthermore, we need tool to improve understanding and measure curiosity in undergraduate students. A tool is required in clinical and research purpose to rapid screening on a large scale and to provide reliable data, especially considering that curiosity is one of indicator of well-being. This study aimed to assess psychometric of Curiosity and Exploration Inventory II (CEI-II), so the undergraduate students can be aware of their positive emotional- motivational system as well as their personality. The result showed the CEI-II Indonesia version indicated acceptable construct validity to evaluate curiosity in Indonesia.