Page No 133-145
Deepali Rao and Seema Mehrotra
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore
The paper describes the development and preliminary trials of a comprehensive
tool for assessment of personal goals- the Personal Goal Survey (PEGOS), in an
Indian setting. The review of existing measures, focus group discussions with expert
psychologists and laypersons as well as interviews with community and clinical
participants resulted in generation of the item pool. The initial version of PEGOS
was administered to two independent community samples for examining the pattern
of responses and testing its basic psychometric properties. Various scales of the
PEGOS were found to have adequate internal consistency (ranging between 0.62
to 0.95) and convergent validity with scales of well-being (significant correlations
ranging between 0.28 to 0.62). In addition to its utility in the context of well being
research, the tool could also be used to rapidly and comprehensively identify goalrelated problem areas & strengths in counseling settings. The directions for further
research on PEGOS are highlighted.
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