Putting It Into Context: Creating a Self-Report Measure of Big Picture Appraisal

Publisher: Guilford Publications Inc

E-ISSN: 1937-1217|10|3|234-253

ISSN: 1937-1209

Source: International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, Vol.10, Iss.3, 2017-09, pp. : 234-253

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Abstract

This article describes the development and preliminary validation of the Big Picture Appraisal Questionnaire (BPAQ), designed to measure a way of viewing distressing events that involves developing a wider perspective. In Study 1, an initial pool of items, written based on both theoretical considerations and input from various informants was administered to a large sample of undergraduates and items were selected for inclusion in the BPAQ based on an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Internal consistency of the resulting 23-item BPAQ was high, and correlations of the draft BPAQ with measures of similar and dissimilar constructs were supportive of its convergent discriminant validity. A second EFA on the reduced pool of items yielded four factors consistent with theory. In Study 2 the BPAQ was administered to a sample of depression-vulnerable community volunteers prior to their participation in another study. Internal consistency and convergent-discriminant validity of the BPAQ were again supported.