Table 3.
Items comprising instruments and factor loadings, and item-total correlations
| 1 | 2 | 3 | M (SD) | N | Item-total correlation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connections to self | ||||||
| Through my experience with cancer, I gained a better understanding of myself | .57 | – | – | 3.61 (.49) | 100 | .44 |
| Through my experience with cancer, I learned that it is ok to put myself first | .68 | – | – | 3.33 (.77) | 98 | .56 |
| Through my experience with cancer, I learned to accept myself | .87 | – | – | 3.58 (.54) | 99 | .80 |
| Through my experience with cancer, I learned to love myself more | .85 | – | – | 3.59 (.53) | 100 | .75 |
| My experience with cancer has made me more honest with myself | .80 | – | – | 3.52 (.56) | 100 | .70 |
| My experience with cancer has made me care more about myself than I did before | .81 | – | – | 3.64 (.52) | 100 | .71 |
| As a result of my experience with cancer, I have become a better person | .65 | – | – | 3.54 (.52) | 98 | .53 |
| Connections to others | ||||||
| I made it through cancer with the help of my family | .90 | −.22 | −.18 | 3.78 (.46) | 100 | .33 |
| I relied on my friends who were there for me during my cancer experience | .24 | .52 | .03 | 3.29 (.73) | 100 | .46 |
| During my cancer experience, I made close relationships with other cancer patients | .14 | .57 | −.02 | 3.03 (.80) | 100 | .40 |
| My church family was helpful to me during my cancer experience | .07 | .14 | .76 | 3.42 (.84) | 100 | .54 |
| Love and support from others was helpful to me during my cancer experience | .73 | −.03 | .23 | 3.69 (.47) | 100 | .59 |
| My experience with cancer has brought me closer to family or friends | .75 | .27 | −.04 | 3.57 (.54) | 100 | .66 |
| My experience with cancer has given me meaningful relationships with medical providers | .64 | .01 | .06 | 3.45 (.59) | 100 | .43 |
| As a result of my experience with cancer, I have become closer with my pastor/minister | −.09 | −.14 | .97 | 3.20 (.81) | 99 | .32 |
| As a result of my experience with cancer, I have made friends that I would not have otherwise have made | −.12 | .87 | .02 | 3.13 (.75) | 100 | .45 |
| During my cancer experience, I found out who my friends really are | −.17 | .78 | −.07 | 3.49 (.64) | 100 | .28 |
| Connections to God | ||||||
| As a result of my cancer experience, I became more thankful to God | −.17 | .73 | – | 3.77 (.45) | 100 | .38 |
| My cancer experience has brought me closer to God | .04 | .76 | – | 3.70 (.54) | 100 | .57 |
| My relationship with God has become more important to me as a result of my cancer experience | −.04 | .85 | – | 3.68 (.57) | 100 | .57 |
| From having cancer, I now seek God’s presence more | .06 | .80 | – | 3.57 (.57) | 100 | .60 |
| I was never alone during the cancer experience because God is always with me | .85 | .06 | – | 3.80 (.40) | 100 | .63 |
| I feel that God is leading and guiding me through the cancer experience | .83 | .13 | – | 3.75 (.44) | 99 | .69 |
| Having a relationship with God helped me to cope with cancer | .87 | .05 | – | 3.80 (.40) | 100 | .64 |
| Having a strong relationship with God has decreased my stress during the cancer experience | .69 | −.29 | – | 3.52 (.64) | 100 | .23 |
| Connections to world | ||||||
| My experience with cancer has made me want to give back by helping others | .86 | −.20 | – | 3.67 (.59) | 100 | .48 |
| As a result of my experience with cancer, I have increased my volunteer activities | .70 | .06 | – | 3.05 (.76) | 100 | .54 |
| As a result of my experience with cancer, I have tried to have a positive effect on other people | .56 | .25 | – | 3.65 (.50) | 100 | .56 |
| As a result of my cancer experience, I now try to encourage others with cancer | −.06 | .87 | – | 3.58 (.59) | 100 | .47 |
| As a result of my cancer experience, I now find myself donating to charity | .76 | −.04 | – | 3.20 (.70) | 100 | .52 |
| My experience with cancer has helped me to try to give back to society | .42 | .40 | – | 3.43 (.59) | 100 | .55 |
| My experience with cancer has encouraged me to help someone else with cancer | −.06 | .91 | – | 3.66 (.54) | 100 | .51 |
Factor loadings are for one instrument at a time
‘–’ factor not applicable