title: Perceived self-care agency: a LISREL factor analysis of Bickel and Hanson's questionnaire.
abstract: The psychometric properties of Bickel and Hanson's Perceived Self-Care Agency Questionnaire (PSCAQ) (Hanson, 1981) were examined using a LISREL confirmatory factor analysis approach. Questionnaires were distributed to a convenience sample of 575 noninstitutionalized adults in northwestern Ohio; 462 questionnaires (80%) were returned. Findings indicated that the factor structure of the PSCAQ is significantly different from that described by Bickel (1982) and does not appear to conform to the expected self-care power component structure. These findings call into question the construct validity of the PSCAQ as a measure of self-care agency in non-institutionalized adults. It should be used only with extreme caution, if at all, for testing the self-care deficit theory.
authors: Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009820:Ohio; D010465:Perception; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D012648:Self Care; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires