Table 4.
Validity coefficients based on conceptual relevance of the measures for the factors of the CBI-V3
| Factor 1: Maintaining Activity and Independence (α = .891; r = .921) | |||
| Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 | |
| .567** | .566** | .684** | FACT: Physical Well Being |
| .691** | .728** | .773** | FACT : Functional Well Being |
| −.733** | −.684** | −.752** | DSS: Functional |
| −.713** | PAIS: Total Score | ||
| .104* | Time since diagnosis | ||
| .251** | Annual Income | ||
| Factor 2: Seeking and Understanding Medical Information (α = .814; r = .746) | |||
| −.418** | PAIS: Health Care Orientation | ||
| .505** | .426** | .315** | DSS Satisfaction with Health Care |
| .153** | Level of Education | ||
| .212** | Annual Income | ||
| Factor 3: Emotion Regulation (α = .855; r = .719) | |||
| 491** | .466** | .631** | FACT : Emotional Well Being |
| .396** | QLACS: Positive Feelings | ||
| −.776** | PAIS: Psychological Distress | ||
| −.518** | −.467** | −.691** | DSS: Emotional |
| −.535** | −.517** | CESD | |
| −.426** | HADS: Anxiety | ||
| −.360** | HADS: Depression | ||
| .130** | Age | ||
| .109* | Annual Income | ||
| Factor 4: Coping with Treatment Related Side Effects (α = .862; r = .770) | |||
| .588** | .609** | .700** | DSS: Coping |
| .356** | .319** | .578** | FACT: Physical Well-Being |
| .450** | .493** | .579** | FACT : Functional Well Being |
| −.230** | −.270** | SIP | |
| −.3282** | QLACS: Pain | ||
| −.319** | QLACS: Energy/Fatigue | ||
| .107* | Age | ||
| .112* | Annual Income | ||
| Factor 5: Accepting Cancer/ Maintaining a Positive Attitude (α = .812; r = .682) | |||
| −.590** | −.296** | CESD | |
| −.422** | HADS: Anxiety | ||
| −.535** | HADS: Depression | ||
| −.3762** | −.132NS | COPE: Disengagement | |
| .396** | .364** | COPE: Acceptance | |
| .603** | QLACS: Positive Feelings; | ||
| .300** | QLACS: Benefit Finding | ||
| .131** | Annual Income | ||
| Factor 6: Seeking Social Support (α = .813; r = .563) | |||
| .310** | COPE: Social Support/Advice Seeking | ||
| .367** | .424** | .691** | FACT : Social/Family Well-Being |
| .397** | .487** | .648** | DSS: Support |
| .252** | ISSB: Total Received Support | ||
| .144** | Level of Education | ||
| .124* | Annual Income | ||
| Factor 7: Usina Spiritual Copina (α = .970; r = .637) | |||
| .475** | FACT Spirituality: Peace | ||
| .409** | FACT Spirituality: Meaning | ||
| .745** | FACT Spirituality: Faith | ||
| .735** | COPE: Religion | ||
| .171* | RCS: Positive | ||
| −.373** | RCS: Negative | ||
| .129^ | Time since diagnosis | ||
| .124* | Age | ||
| Total Score (α = .946; r = .890) | |||
| .580** | GSES | ||
| .112* | Level of Education | ||
| .161** | Annual Income | ||
Note
**
p<.01
*
p<.05 NS not significant. For discriminant variables (age, income, education, time since diagnosis) only statistically significant values are reported.
FACT= Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Quality of Life; DSS= Distress Screening Schedule; PAIS= Patient Adjustment to Illness Scale; QLACS= Quality of Life Assessment for Cancer Survivors; CESD= Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression Scale; HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; SIP = Sickness Impact Profile; ISSB = Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors; COPE = Brief COPE Scale; RCS = Religious Coping Scale; GSES = General Self-Efficacy Scale