Construction and Psychometric Evidence of the Gratitude Scale
Abstract
We aimed to build and analyze the psychometric properties of an instrument to assess gratitude in situational judgment format. After the analysis of judges’ and pilot study, 6 items out of the 15 elaborated were excluded. In the internal structure study 514 people participated, being 56% female, aged between 14 and 72 years old, who answered the Gratitude Scale, Affections Scale, Vitality Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale. The exploratory factor analysis indicated a one-dimensional structure composed of 9 items. Women had the highest averages when compared to men, both in judgment and in the self-assessment of gratitude. The gratitude presented positively correlation with weak magnitude only with vitality, being positively explained by the gratitude. The data indicated evidence of validity based on the test content, on its internal consistency and in the relationship to external variables for the Gratitude Scale.
Keywords
Subjective Well-Being, Positive Psychology, Psychometrics, AssessmentReferences
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