About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance |
Key stages | Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
Description | A measure of dispositional hope for adults which has been validated with a group of adolescents. |
Example | I can think of many ways to get out of a jam |
Link | http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780123745170/Chapter 3/Chapter_3_Worksheet_3.4.pdf |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 12 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 14-18 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .80 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Single-factor so |
CFA | Single-factor model Chi-square(20)=45.62 RMSEA=.45 CFI=.97 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | The Hope Index, cognitive hope subscale, r= .43; Self-esteem, r= .55 (Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale); Optimism, r= .49 (Life Orientation Test Revised-LOT-R) |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Pacico, J. C., Bastianello, M. R., Zanon, C., & Hutz, C. S. (2013). Adaptation and validation of the Dispositional Hope Scale for Adolescents. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 26(3), 488-492. doi:10.1590/s0102-79722013000300008 |