TY - JOUR
T1 - Personal recovery in the general population
T2 - Comparison of psychometric properties of the Brief INSPIRE-O in those with and without common mental disorders
AU - Ruan, Xingjian
AU - Vergeer-Hagoort, Femke
AU - ten Have, Margreet
AU - Luik, Annemarie I.
AU - Tuithof, Marlous
AU - Bohlmeijer, Ernst T.
AU - ten Klooster, Peter M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/9/17
Y1 - 2025/9/17
N2 - The 5-item Brief INSPIRE-O instrument, based on the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning in Life, and Empowerment framework, is a novel tool to assess personal recovery. Although initially developed for clinical populations, its conceptual alignment with core dimensions of psychological well-being suggests its potential applicability to a broader audience. The current study aimed to examine its validity, reliability, and measurement invariance across people with and without common mental disorders (CMDs). The scale was administered in a Dutch general population sample (n = 5,451). Confirmatory factor analyses supported a unidimensional structure with robust factor loadings and scalar invariance across individuals with and without CMDs in the past year. In addition, the Brief INPSIRE-O showed acceptable reliability (ω = .71–.78) and the expected pattern of correlations with other health indicators supported its construct validity. In conclusion, the Brief INSPIRE-O appears to be a psychometrically sound measure of positive psychological functioning that can be validly used and compared across people with and without CMDs.
AB - The 5-item Brief INSPIRE-O instrument, based on the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning in Life, and Empowerment framework, is a novel tool to assess personal recovery. Although initially developed for clinical populations, its conceptual alignment with core dimensions of psychological well-being suggests its potential applicability to a broader audience. The current study aimed to examine its validity, reliability, and measurement invariance across people with and without common mental disorders (CMDs). The scale was administered in a Dutch general population sample (n = 5,451). Confirmatory factor analyses supported a unidimensional structure with robust factor loadings and scalar invariance across individuals with and without CMDs in the past year. In addition, the Brief INPSIRE-O showed acceptable reliability (ω = .71–.78) and the expected pattern of correlations with other health indicators supported its construct validity. In conclusion, the Brief INSPIRE-O appears to be a psychometrically sound measure of positive psychological functioning that can be validly used and compared across people with and without CMDs.
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
KW - measurement invariance
KW - psychological well-being
KW - common mental disorders
KW - psychometric validation
KW - personal recovery
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105016169613
U2 - 10.1177/10731911251367122
DO - 10.1177/10731911251367122
M3 - Article
SN - 1073-1911
JO - Assessment
JF - Assessment
M1 - 10731911251367122
ER -