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Development of a brief measure of generativity and ego-integrity for use in palliative care settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2015

Dean Vuksanovic ,
Murray Dyck  and
Heather Green
Dean Vuksanovic*
Affiliation:
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Queensland, Australia
Murray Dyck
Affiliation:
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Queensland, Australia
Heather Green
Affiliation:
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Queensland, Australia
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dean Vuksanovic, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive, Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia. E-Mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objective:

Our aim was to develop and test a brief measure of generativity and ego-integrity that is suitable for use in palliative care settings.

Method:

Two measures of generativity and ego-integrity were modified and combined to create a new 11-item questionnaire, which was then administered to 143 adults. A principal-component analysis with oblique rotation was performed in order to identify underlying components that can best account for variation in the 11 questionnaire items.

Results:

The two-component solution was consistent with the items that, on conceptual grounds, were intended to comprise the two constructs assessed by the questionnaire.

Significance of Results:

Results suggest that the selected 11 items were good representatives of the larger scales from which they were selected, and they are expected to provide a useful means of measuring these concepts near the end of life.

Keywords

GenerativityEgo-integrityPalliative careEnd of life
Type
Original Articles
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , October 2015 , pp. 1411 - 1415
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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