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Wellbeing and positive psychology

Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale.

PGCMS

What it measures
Morale in older adults across three factors: agitation, attitude toward own ageing, lonely dissatisfaction.
Length and format
17 (revised); 22 (original). yes/no and short multiple-option items (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
20+ langs incl. ES, ZH, JA, KO, NL, DE, SV, HE, TR
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Lawton, M.P. (1975). The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale: A revision. Journal of Gerontology, 30(1), 85-89. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/30.1.85

https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/30.1.85

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