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A short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
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A short form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-SF) is described. A sample of 1351 adults who had completed the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) in previous studies provided the basis for item selection. The resulting 10-item form includes two items from each of the five subscales of the original PTGI, selected on the basis of loadings on the original factors and breadth of item content. A separate sample of 186 completed the short form of the scale (PTGI-SF). Confirmatory factor analyses on both data sets demonstrated a five-factor structure for the PTGI-short form (PTGI-SF) equivalent to that of the PTGI. Three studies of homogenous clinical samples (bereaved parents, intimate partner violence victims, and acute leukemia patients) demonstrated that the PTGI-SF yields relationships with other variables of interest that are equivalent to those found using the original form of the PTGI. A final study demonstrated that administering the 10 short-form items in a random order, rather than in the fixed context of the original scale, did not impact the performance of the PTGI-SF. Overall, these results indicate that the PTGI-SF could be substituted for the PTGI with little loss of information.
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“The Post‐Traumatic Growth Inventory‐ Short Form (PTGI‐SF; Cann et al., 2010) measures the degree to which a person feels that they have achieved positive growth following a traumatic event”
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“The PTGI can be substituted by the PTGI-SF with little loss of information [56].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., Tedeschi, R. G., Taku, K., Vishnevsky, T., Triplett, K. N., & Danhauer, S. C.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- Oakland University (US)
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cann, Arnie
- Venue
- Anxiety, Stress, & Coping
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-02-03
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 127-137
- ISSN
- 1061-5806 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-2205
- OpenAlex
- W2148700339
- Cited by
- 789
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Anxiety Stress & Coping (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, short-form scale, posttraumatic growth, item selection, factor structure, bereaved parents, response order effects, psychometric validation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bereavement, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Leukemia, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Domestic Violence, Young Adult
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