A New Brief Scale to Measure Optimism.
This research was done to find if using maximum likelihood could reduce the Interactive Optimism Scale-Garcia to a new valid and reliable shorter version. There were 502 adults: 263 women and 239 men (M = 34.67, SD = 12.27). It was used in confirmatory factor analysis. A four-item scale is obtained...
| Published in: | Psychological Reports Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 5 - 23 |
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Feb2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=148020338&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 148020338 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00332941 PSR jtl: Psychological Reports issn: 00332941 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2021 vid: 124 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 148020338 10.1177/0033294119884059 ppf: 5 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: A New Brief Scale to Measure Optimism. aug: au: Garcia Cadena, Cirilo H. Daniel González, Leopoldo Valle de la O, Adrián affil: Estudios de posgrado, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico su: Confirmatory factor analysis Optimism Standard deviations Root-mean-squares Approximation error sug: subj: Confirmatory factor analysis Optimism Standard deviations Root-mean-squares Approximation error keyword: confirmatory factor analysis factorial invariance reliability validity confirmatory factor analysis factorial invariance reliability validity ab: This research was done to find if using maximum likelihood could reduce the Interactive Optimism Scale-Garcia to a new valid and reliable shorter version. There were 502 adults: 263 women and 239 men (M = 34.67, SD = 12.27). It was used in confirmatory factor analysis. A four-item scale is obtained, having excellent goodness of fit: [χ/ df =.609, GFI (Jöreskog and Sörbom's Goodness-of-Fit Index) =.999, NFI (Normed Fit Index) =.999, CFI (Bentler's Comparative Fit Index) = 1.000, RMSEA (Steiger–Lind root mean square error of approximation) =.000 (90% CI =.0001,.077); SRMR (standardized root mean square residual) =.007], as well as factorial invariance across sexes; the scale has good internal consistency (ω =.869, α =.858, ordinal α =.906). Brief Interactive Optimism Scale-G correlates significantly with self-esteem (r =.779, p <. 01, 95% CI [.816,.736]), depression (r = −.810, p <.01, 95% CI [.843,.772]), and psychopathy (r = −.670, p <. 01, 95% CI [.723,.611]). In conclusion, Brief Interactive Optimism Scale-G is a good option for measuring optimism in Mexicans. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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