With the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) being the standard measure
to assess psychological capital (PsyCap) in the context of organizations, this
paper aims to broaden this domain-specific approach by introducing a measure
with universal claim. Two studies were conducted to create and validate a
German self-report scale (CPC-12) measuring PsyCap. We performed confirmatory
factor analyses and correlations with other positive psychological constructs
on the data of two German samples (N1 = 321; N2 = 202). The twelve-item CPC-12
exhibits the anticipated factorial structure with a very good model fit and
associations to other constructs concur with previous findings with other
measures of PsyCap
