Psychometric Properties of the Georgian Expanded Version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

Abstract

This paper reports the analysis of psychometric properties of the Georgian version of expanded posttraumatic growth inventory. Factor structure, internal consistency of the subscales, gender differences, and concurrent validity of the inventory are examined. Three hundred sixty-four participants participated in two studies. The results indicate that the Georgian expanded version of inventory has good internal consistency and the five-factor structure replicated the one reported in the original study. There were also some between-person differences for gender. Besides, deliberate rumination was associated with posttraumatic growth, while intrusive rumination was not, and this is consistent with other research and theoretical expectations.

Keywords:

• posttraumatic growth
• factor structure
• expanded version

Acknowledgments

I want to express my sincere gratitude to my colleague and research assistant, George Tchumburidze, MA, who did almost all the fieldwork, cleaned the data, and created a perfect database file.

Notes on contributors

Lili Khechuashvili earned her PhD in psychology in 2009 and has been a faculty member at Tbilisi State University since 2005. She leads courses in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels of study in personality psychology, narrative research, and statistics. Her current professional and research interests consist of narrative identity, transformative experiences, and their positive consequences, such as posttraumatic growth and psychological well-being. She currently runs two research projects: “Master Narrative of Modern Georgians: Comparative Study of Georgian Immigrants and Those Living in the Country,” and “Self and Society: Personal and Master Narratives and Social Adaptation.”

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This study was accomplished in frame and with financial support of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, Young Scientists’ Research Grant (“Self and Society: Personal and Master Narratives, and Social Adaptation,” Grant ID: YS-2016-8).