Table 3. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Average Variance Extracted (AVE), Composite Reliability (CR) and Internal Consistency (α) of the Refined Model CASQ Fitted to Different Samples.
| CFA* | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | n | λ | χ2/df | CFI | GFI | rerrors | RMSEA | AVE | CR | α |
| Test | 695 | .33–.73 | 5.99 | .93 | .95 | .25–.47 | .09 | .33 | .83 | .81 |
| Validation | 445 | .34–.66 | 4.21 | .93 | .94 | .27–.52 | .08 | .30 | .81 | .79 |
| Chemotherapy | 649 | .31–.69 | 4.79 | .94 | .95 | .26–.47 | .08 | .29 | .79 | .78 |
| Radiotherapy | 171 | .37–.76 | 3.23 | .90 | .89 | .34–.54 | .11 | .35 | .83 | .83 |
| Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy | 150 | .31–.82 | 1.59 | .97 | .94 | .10–.56 | .06 | .38 | .85 | .84 |
| Palliative | 120 | .10–.80 | 1.58 | .94 | .92 | .22–.34 | .07 | .30 | .79 | .78 |
*CFA: λ = factor weight, χ2/df = Ratio chi-square by the degrees of freedom, CFI = Comparative of Fit Index, GFI = Goodness of Fit Index, rerrors = correlation between errors, RMSEA = Root Mean Square Error of Approximation; AVE = Average Variance Extracted; CR = Composite Reliability, α = Standardized Cronbach’s alpha.