ArticlePsychological medicine2023
The Oxford Positive Self Scale: psychometric development of an assessment of cognitions associated with psychological well-being.
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- Developing an Automated Virtual Reality Therapy for Improving Positive Self-Beliefs and Psychological Well-Being (Phoenix VR Self-Confidence Therapy): Tutorial.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDeveloping, elaborating, and consolidating positive views of the self is a plausible route to increased psychological well-being. We set out to provide an assessment of positive self-beliefs that could be used in research and clinical practice.
methodsA non-probability online survey was conducted with 2500 UK adults, quota sampled to match the population for age, gender, ethnicity, income, and region. Exploratory factor analysis of a 94-item pool - generated with guidance from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties - was conducted to develop the Oxford Positive Self Scale (OxPos). The item pool was further reduced using regularised structural equation modelling (SEM) before confirmatory factor analysis. Optimal cut-off scores were developed using receiver operating characteristic curves. Additional validations were carried out with two further general population cohorts (
resultsA 24-item scale was developed with an excellent model fit [robust χ
conclusionsThe new open access scale provides a psychometrically robust assessment of positive cognitions that are strongly connected to psychological well-being.
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