Posttraumatic growth inventory: challenges with its validation among French cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI) aims to assess the positive psychological changes that individuals can perceive after a traumatic life event such as a cancer diagnosis. Several French translations of the PTGI have been proposed, but comprehensive data on their psychometric properties are lacking. This study aimed to provide a more complete assessment of the psychometric properties of one of the most used PTGI translations in early-stage breast cancer and melanoma patients.

Methods

A sample of 379 patients completed the PTGI two years after their cancer diagnosis. A confirmatory analysis was first performed to determine whether the initial five-factor structure of the PTGI was adequate for this French version. As issues were identified in the translation

SUBMITTER: Dubuy Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature