The development and validation of a self-report measure of self-actualization
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Richard Lefrancois
Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute
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Gilbert Leclerc
Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute
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M. Dube
Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute
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Rejean Hebert
Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute
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Philippe Gaulin
Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute
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- Keywords:
- social behavior, social psychology, actualization, potential, Personal Orientation Inventory, successful, functioning, individuals, self-reference, openness to experience, Cronbach
- Abstract
- A self-report measure of actualization of potential (MAP) was developed as an alternative to the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) for assessing successful and functioning individuals. Study 1 describes the item selection carried out by means of a literature review, an international panel of 28 experts and two focus groups. In Study 2 construct validity was established with a sample of 414 subjects. A principal components analysis with oblique rotation reduced the initial item pool to 27, yielding a 5-factor solution. A second-order factor analysis revealed two major components, "self-reference" and "openness to experience". Study 3 achieved a full scale Cronbach's alpha to .90. Overall the new instrument provides both better theoretical and empirical evidence than the POI, and stronger psychometric properties.
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- Published
- 1997-11-01
- Issue
- Volume 25, 1997, Issue 4
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