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Positive Self-Relation Scale - development and psychometric properties.

Marie Ociskova¹, Jan Prasko¹, Martin Kupka²

¹Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University in Olomouc, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, The Czech Republic.

Psychology Research and Behavior Management

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Summary

The Positive Self-Relation Scale (PSRS) is a new, brief measure with good psychometric properties for assessing positive self-relations in adults. This scale is valuable for research and psychotherapy applications.

Keywords:

positive psychology psychometric properties self-acceptance self-esteem self-relation

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Psychometrics

Background:

Self-relation is a crucial aspect of human experience, impacting various life domains.
Understanding and measuring positive self-relation is important for both research and clinical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a brief scale, the Positive Self-Relation Scale (PSRS), for assessing positive aspects of self-relation.

Main Methods:

The Positive Self-Relation Scale (PSRS) was developed with 16 items across four subscales.
Content and factor structure were evaluated using two samples, with validation on a final sample of 1234 adults.
Participants completed the PSRS along with established measures of self-esteem, hope, depression, social anxiety, and dissociative experiences.

Main Results:

The PSRS demonstrated good internal consistency (0.93 overall) and satisfactory temporal stability (0.86 overall).
Confirmatory factor analysis supported the scale's structure with adequate fit indices.
The PSRS showed strong positive correlations with measures of self-esteem and hope, and significant negative correlations with depression, social anxiety, and dissociative experiences.

Conclusions:

The Positive Self-Relation Scale (PSRS) exhibits adequate psychometric properties for use in the general population.
The scale is recommended for research and psychotherapy settings.
Future research should explore its utility in clinical populations.