Measuring hope: Standardization of the Czech version of the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale in healthy adults.
OBJECTIVE
Hope is an important factor that influences mental state of individuals and efficacy of systematic and supportive psychotherapy. The goal of the study was to translate the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale (ADHS) to Czech, evaluate its psychometric properties and create norms to interpret the scale scores.


METHODS
The scale consists of twelve items. Four items assess the ability of pathway thinking, four items measure agency, and the remaining four items are fillers that are not interpreted. There were 394 adult participants with negative psychiatric history who completed the ADHS and BDI-II. Their mean age was 27.1±11.7 years, most of them were women (n=303; 76.9%).


RESULTS
There was no significant relationship between age or sex and hope. Reliability was analyzed by Cronbach alpha (α=0.82) and the split-half method (Spearman-Brown coefficient = 0.81). The factor structure of the scale was approved by the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, except the ninth item that similarly saturated both subscales. The ADHS moderately negatively correlated with BDI-II. Norms were created for the scores of the entire scale and both subscales.


CONCLUSIONS
The Czech version of the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale shows adequate psychometric properties.
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Marie
M
Ociskova
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Irena
I
Sobotkova
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jan
J
Prasko
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University in Olomouc, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Vladimir
V
Mihal
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D018153:Czech Republic; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult