Psychometric Properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale (PTSS) among Portuguese Adults
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Positive and Negative Thinking
1.2. The Positive Thinking Skills Scale
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
3.3. Reliability
3.4. Convergent and Criterion Validity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | |
---|---|---|
Education | ||
Higher Education (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate) | 139 | 63.2 |
Secondary Education (10th to 12th year) | 76 | 34.5 |
Elementary Education (7th to 9th year) | 5 | 2.3 |
Sex | ||
Female | 177 | 80.5 |
Male | 43 | 19.5 |
Sexual Orientation | ||
Heterosexual | 178 | 80.9 |
Homosexual | 7 | 3.2 |
Bisexual | 23 | 10.5 |
Pansexual | 5 | 2.3 |
Undefined | 7 | 3.2 |
Marital Status | ||
Single | 188 | 85.5 |
Married | 28 | 12.7 |
Divorced | 4 | 1.8 |
Professional Situation | ||
Student | 106 | 48.2 |
Employed | 95 | 43.2 |
Unemployed | 19 | 8.6 |
Items | β (Standardized) |
---|---|
| 0.762 |
| 0.776 |
| 0.687 |
| 0.735 |
| 0.716 |
| 0.785 |
| 0.820 |
| 0.845 |
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Item 1 | - | 0.66 ** | 0.45 ** | 0.53 ** | 0.46 ** | 0.49 ** | 0.50 ** | 0.57 ** |
2. Item 2 | - | 0.50 ** | 0.48 ** | 0.51 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.56 ** | |
3. Item 3 | - | 0.49 ** | 0.36 ** | 0.44 ** | 0.47 ** | 0.55 ** | ||
4. Item 4 | - | 0.40 ** | 0.44 ** | 0.55 ** | 0.63 ** | |||
5. Item 5 | - | 0.61 ** | 0.55 ** | 0.52 ** | ||||
6. Item 6 | - | 0.69 ** | 0.61 ** | |||||
7. Item 7 | - | 0.70 ** | ||||||
8. Item 8 | - |
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. PTSS | - | −0.19 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.43 ** | 0.53 ** |
2. PINTS | - | −0.28 ** | −0.23 ** | −0.28 ** | |
3. RS-10 Total | - | 0.93 ** | 0.93 ** | ||
5. Self-determination | - | 0.74 ** | |||
6. Adaptability | - |
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Almeida, T.C.; Ifrim, I.C. Psychometric Properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale (PTSS) among Portuguese Adults. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13050357
Almeida TC, Ifrim IC. Psychometric Properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale (PTSS) among Portuguese Adults. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(5):357. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13050357
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlmeida, Telma Catarina, and Ionela Catalina Ifrim. 2023. "Psychometric Properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale (PTSS) among Portuguese Adults" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 5: 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13050357
APA StyleAlmeida, T. C., & Ifrim, I. C. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale (PTSS) among Portuguese Adults. Behavioral Sciences, 13(5), 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13050357