Abstract

This study was conducted to translate the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale into the Korean language and to validate the translated scale with a sample of 1159 Korean university students. A principal components analysis with the total sample yielded a four-factor structure which was almost congruent with those of various Astralian samples. Other psychometric properties such as alpha and convergent and discriminant validities with other personality constructs were also found to be very satisfactory for the translated scale. These results were highly compatible to those fo earlier Australian studies, except gender differnces in the factor structure, due to cultural differences in terms of sex-role expectation. In conclusion, the findings clearly indicate that the translated Hong Psychological Reactance Scale is highly recommendated for use in research.