Table 7.

Discriminant validity involving known group analysis of the scale for the consciousness of self-affirmation

	Children with cancer off therapy (n = 140)		Healthy controls (n = 181)		t	p value
Scale for the consciousness of self-affirmation	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Intrapersonal fielda	46.85	7.32	44.87	9.13	2.15	< 0.05
Interpersonal fieldb	72.05	10.59	74.35	9.83	1.98	< 0.05

n: number of individuals, SD: standard deviation, t: t value.

^aself-acceptance, attitude of self-actualization, sense of fulfillment.

^bself-closure/misanthropy, self-expression/interpersonal positivity, sense of being evaluated/interpersonal tension.