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Autor/inn/en | Lyrakos, George N.; Damigos, Dimitrios; Mavreas, Venetsanos; Georgia, Kostopanagiotou; Dimoliatis, Ioannis D. K. |
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Titel | A Translation and Validation Study of the Life Orientation Test Revised in the Greek Speaking Population of Nurses among Three Hospitals in Athens and Ioannina |
Quelle | In: Social Indicators Research, 95 (2010) 1, S.129-142 (14 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0303-8300 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11205-009-9453-6 |
Schlagwörter | Questionnaires; Hospitals; Nurses; Test Validity; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Correlation; Social Psychology; Psychometrics; Greek; Personality Traits; Translation; Social Indicators; Greece Fragebogen; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Testvalidität; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Korrelation; Sozialpsychologie; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Grieche; Griechisch; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Griechenland |
Abstract | The life orientation test-revised (LOT-R) (Scheier et al. in "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" 67:1063-1078, 1994) is a brief measure for assessing dispositional optimism. The aim of this study was to develop a Greek language version of the LOT-R and to assess the instrument's psychometric properties. The LOT-R was translated and culturally adopted in Greek language, and the final version was administered, along with a questionnaire consisting socioeconomic characteristics and a single item measuring optimism, to 276 Greek speaking, hospital nurses (222 female, 54 male), aged 22-65 years (mean 37.8, SD 8.3). Results showed that the LOT-R has good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.71 and item total correlation coefficients from 0.27 to 0.73, a unitary structure, and stability over a 3-months period (r = 0.66). Moreover, the Greek version of the scale exhibited good convergent validity with single-item optimism scale (r = 0.73). Principal components analysis revealed a two-factor structure representing the constructs of optimism and pessimism. The Greek life orientation test revised appears to be a valid tool in assessing dispositional optimism in Greek speaking people and is expected to facilitate the examination of optimism in Greek speaking populations. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |