Factor structure of the Dispositional Hope Scale amongst South Africans: An exploratory structural equation modelling study
African Journal of Psychological Assessment
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Factor structure of the Dispositional Hope Scale amongst South Africans: An exploratory structural equation modelling study | |
| Creator | Khumalo, Itumeleng P. Guse, Tharina | |
| Description | Snyder’s model of hope conceptualises and operationalises hope as a cognitive, trait-like bi-dimensional future-oriented construct consisting of pathways thinking and agency thinking for goal achievement. The present study implemented exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the Dispositional Hope Scale, using data from two South African student samples (n = 383, 48% female, 21.70 years average age and n = 251, 68% female, 20.55 years average age), with the aim to examine its factor structure in an African context. The results showed that a six item unidimensional solution of hope fit the data best. This model characterises hope as the ability to make plans, informed by past experiences and to spontaneously manoeuvre around obstacles as any situation may call for it. This finding has implications for the measurement of hope and development of emic operational models in an African context. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2022-01-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ajopa.v4i0.66 | |
| Source | African Journal of Psychological Assessment; Vol 4 (2022); 9 pages 2617-2798 2707-1618 | |
| Language | eng | |
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