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Psicothema

On-line version ISSN 1886-144XPrint version ISSN 0214-9915

Abstract

CALDERON, Caterina et al. Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Herth Hope Index in Spanish cancer patients. Psicothema [online]. 2024, vol.36, n.1, pp.72-79.  Epub Jan 29, 2024. ISSN 1886-144X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2023.86.

Background:

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties, differential item functioning, factorial invariance, and convergent validity of the Spanish version of the Herth Hope Index (HHI) in patients with cancer.

Method:

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to explore the scale, dimensionality, functioning of items, test for strong measurement invariance across sex, age, tumor site, and expected survival, and an extended structural equation model to assess external validity in a cross-sectional, multicenter, prospective study of 863 cancer patients from 15 Spanish hospitals.

Results:

The results do not support the original 3-factor scale but instead suggest a one-factor structure, which explained 62% of the common variance. Scores from the unidimensional structure exhibited satisfactory reliability (ω = .88). A strong invariance solution demonstrated excellent fit across sex, age, tumor site, and survival. HHI exhibited substantial associations with resilience coping strategies and spiritual well-being.

Conclusions:

The findings of our study contribute to the diversity of earlier empirical findings regarding the construct of hope. Despite this, our results indicate that the Spanish version of the HHI is a short, easy-to-administer, valid, reliable tool for evaluating cancer patients' levels of hope.

Keywords : Herth Hope Index; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Invariance; Oncology.

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