Measuring hope during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines: development and
validation of the state locus-of-Hope scale short form in Filipino
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Bernardo ABI
; Mendoza NB
Curr Psychol
2021[]; 40
(11
): 5698-5707
PMID32837128
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Various adaptations of the Dispositional Hope Scale have been validated and used
for specific research and applied purposes. The Locus-of-Hope Scale was developed
as a cultural adaptation that measures internal and external aspects of agency
related to goal-pursuit that are typical in collectivist cultures. The scale has
been used to account for variations in well-being-related factors in collectivist
societies but still assumes that hope-related thoughts are dispositional. A State
Locus-of-Hope Scale was developed to assess hope-related thinking concerning
ongoing events and experience during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines in
March 2020. The 16-item scale in Filipino was adapted from a short version of
Locus-of-Hope Scale. Using data from 3128 respondents, confirmatory factor
analysis indicated a good fit between the four-factor model (compared to
one-factor and two-factor models), supporting the scale's structural validity.
There was also good evidence for the subscales' convergent and discriminant
validity. Preliminary evidence for construct criterion validity was demonstrated
by examining associations with well-being and anxiety. The results indicate the
viability of the State Locus-of-Hope scale for assessing temporal hope-related
thoughts that can inform efforts to understand how individuals engage in
goal-related processes and maintain well-being in specific personal and social
situations.
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