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 |