Table 3.
Summary Psychometric Properties of Final Exploratory RIM Measurement Model Indicators
| Factor/Indicator | Number of Items | N | Alpha Reliability | Score Range | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illness-related Distress (Risk) | |||||
| McCorkle Symptom Distress Scale | 11 | 195 | .82 | 1.00 to 3.73 | 1.75 (.57) |
| Mishel Uncertainty - Mean of Complexity/Ambiguity | _a | 200 | NA | 1.09 to 3.60 | 2.25 (.61) |
| Complexity - Reverse Coded | 11 | 200 | .79 | 1.00 to 3.64 | 2.21 (.62) |
| Ambuiguity – Reverse Coded | 16 | 200 | .88 | 1.00 to 4.19 | 2.30 (.70) |
| Spiritual Perspective (Protective) | |||||
| Spirituality – Frequency | 4 | 201 | .83 | 1.00 to 6.00 | 3.93 (1.37) |
| Spirituality – Beliefs | 6 | 201 | .94 | 1.00 to 6.00 | 4.14 (1.58) |
| Social Integration (Protective) | |||||
| Perceived Social Support from Healthcare Professionals | 20 | 202 | .93 | 1.21 to 9.00b | 5.98 (2.12)b |
| Perceived Social--Support from Friends | 20 | 202 | .93 | 1.00 to 9.00b | 6.65 (2.04)b |
| Family Environment (Protective) | |||||
| Family Cohesiveness | 16 | 202 | .90 | 1.25 to 4.94 | 3.51 (.76) |
| Family Adaptability | 13 | 202 | .85 | 1.00 to 4.75 | 3.32 (.74) |
| Communication Unproblematic with Parents–Mean of Mother & Father | _a | 201 | NA | 1.00 to 5.00 | 3.27 (.81) |
| Unproblematic Communication with Mother | 9 | 198 | .78 | 1.00 to 5.00 | 3.32 (.85) |
| Unproblematic Communication with Father | 9 | 172 | .81 | 1.00 to 5.00 | 3.29 (.89) |
| Communication Open with Parents – Mean of Mother & Father | _a | 201 | NA | 1.00 to 5.00 | 3.76 (.85) |
| Communication Open with Mother | 10 | 198 | .91 | 1.50 to 5.00 | 3.94 (.89) |
| Communication Open with Father | 10 | 172 | .93 | 1.00 to 5.00 | 3.57 (1.00) |
| Family Strengths | 12 | 200 | .90 | 1.25 to 5.00 | 3.56 (.80) |
| Social Support- Family | 20 | 202 | .94 | 1.21 to 9.00b | 6.47 (2.25)b |
| Defensive Coping (Risk) | |||||
| Use Defensive Coping - Mean of Evasive & Emotive | _a | 201 | NA | 0.00 to 2.83 | 1.30 (.60) |
| Use Evasive Coping | 13 | 201 | .80 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1.38 (.60) |
| Use Emotive Coping | 5 | 201 | .65 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1.22 (.69) |
| Courageous Coping (Protective) | |||||
| Use Confrontive Coping | 10 | 201 | .82 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1.59 (.67) |
| Use Optimistic Coping | 9 | 201 | .82 | 0.00 to 9.00b | 4.66 (2.27)b |
| Use Supportant Coping | 5 | 201 | .65 | 0.00 to 3.00 | 1.68 (.68) |
| Hope-derived Meaning (Protective) | |||||
| Herth Hope: Positive Readiness/Expectancy | 4 | 201 | .64 | 1.75 to 4.00 | 3.35 (.52) |
| Herth Hope: Interconnectedness | 4 | 201 | .65 | 1.75 to 4.00 | 3.37 (.52) |
| Self-transcendence (Outcome) | |||||
| Reed Self-Transcendence | 13 | 200 | .83 | 1.75 to 4.00 | 3.22 (.50) |
| Resilience (Outcome) | |||||
| Haase Resilience in Illness Scale | 12 | 202 | .87 | 2.01 to 36.00b | 25.51 (6.21)b |
Values represent the score distribution after applying the square transformation to produce a more nearly normal distribution.
a
This summary scale score is a mean of its two subscale scores, and each of the subscale scores is a mean over items in that subscale.
b
Values represent results of squared scores