Adaptation, Further Elaboration, and Validation of a Scale to Measure Hope as Perceived by People: Discriminant Value and Predictive Utility Vis-à-Vis Dispositional Hope
Journal
Assessment
ISSN
1073-1911
ISSN-Digital
1552-3489
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2017-04-03
Author(s)
Abstract
Against the background of different psychological conceptualizations of hope, this paper elaborates and validates a measure to assess hope as perceived by the general public adapting it from the hope and optimism subscale of the WHOQOL-SRPB. The results presented here are part of a yearly internet-based cross-sectional survey in Germany and Switzerland called Hope-Barometer, from which 4 samples of 3 different years with about 17’500 participants have been used. Following the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses as well as convergent validity, discriminant value and predictive utility, our findings suggest that the 6-items of the resulting Perceived Hope Scale exhibits robust psychometric properties, and that perceived hope is distinct and broader than dispositional hope, in that it relates not only to cognitive but also to spiritual, religious and altruistic dimensions.
Funding(s)
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
None
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage
Publisher place
London [u.a.]
Volume
online first
Start page
1
End page
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Contact Email Address
andreas.krafft@unisg.ch
Eprints ID
252528