The Possibilities for Activity Scale (PActS): Development, validity, and reliability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Laliberte Rudman proposed the concept of occupational possibilities to represent what older adults feel they "should be" and "could be" doing.

Purpose

This study aimed to develop and validate a measure of perceived occupational possibilities: the Possibilities for Activity Scale (PActS).

Method

Two factors of the PActS, activity expectations and activity self-efficacy, were operationalized in a 14-item instrument. The instrument was then evaluated with a sample of older adults diagnosed with cancer (n = 179).

Findings

The PActS demonstrated promising internal consistency reliability (stratified coefficient α = .77) and construct-related (r = .58; p < .0001), structural (chi-square = 61.57; CFI = .97; RMSEA = .05; TLI = .96; NFL = .91) and known-group

SUBMITTER: Pergolotti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4992939 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature