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SUBMITTER: Walsh DMJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5922578 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walsh Deirdre M J DMJ Groarke Ann Marie AM Morrison Todd G TG Durkan Garrett G Rogers Eamonn E Sullivan Francis J FJ
PloS one 20180427 4
<h4>Purpose</h4>This study developed a measure of physical post traumatic growth (physical post traumatic growth inventory; P-PTGI) in men with prostate cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>A pool of items was created from themes identified in a qualitative study. A quantitative study was then conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the P-PTGI in a sample of 693 prostate cancer survivors.<h4>Results</h4>Tests of dimensionality revealed that the 20-item P-PTGI contained two factors: Health Autonomy ...[more]