title: Development of a brief measure of generativity and ego-integrity for use in palliative care settings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to develop and test a brief measure of generativity and ego-integrity that is suitable for use in palliative care settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two measures of generativity and ego-integrity were modified and combined to create a new 11-item questionnaire, which was then administered to 143 adults. A principal-component analysis with oblique rotation was performed in order to identify underlying components that can best account for variation in the 11 questionnaire items.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The two-component solution was consistent with the items that, on conceptual grounds, were intended to comprise the two constructs assessed by the questionnaire.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that the selected 11 items were good representatives of the larger scales from which they were selected, and they are expected to provide a useful means of measuring these concepts near the end of life.
authors: School of Applied Psychology,Griffith University,Gold Coast Campus,Southport,Queensland,Australia.
authors: Dean
authors: D
authors: Vuksanovic
authors: School of Applied Psychology,Griffith University,Gold Coast Campus,Southport,Queensland,Australia.
authors: Murray
authors: M
authors: Dyck
authors: School of Applied Psychology,Griffith University,Gold Coast Campus,Southport,Queensland,Australia.
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004532:Ego; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ego-integrity; End of life; Generativity; Palliative care