Table 7.
Convergent and Discriminant Validity of TBI-CareQOL Emotional Suppression Measure
| Emotional Suppression Administration Format |
Convergent Validity | Discriminant Validity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rand-12 Mental |
CAS Burden |
PROMIS Social Isolation |
Rand-12 Physical |
CAS Satisfaction |
CAS Ideology |
CAS Mastery | |
| Combined Sample (N = 533) | |||||||
| Short Form | 0.47** | 0.54** | 0.59** | 0.21** | 0.22** | 0.14* | 0.26** |
| Computer Adaptive Test | 0.47** | 0.51** | 0.51** | 0.21** | 0.21** | 0.16* | 0.28** |
| Caregivers of Civilians (n = 218) | |||||||
| Short Form | 0.38** | 0.47** | 0.51** | 0.25** | 0.16* | 0.18** | 0.26** |
| Computer Adaptive Test | 0.38** | 0.47** | 0.51** | 0.24* | 0.17* | 0.17* | 0.29** |
| Caregivers of Service Members and Veterans (n = 315) | |||||||
| Short Form | 0.47** | 0.56** | 0.64** | 0.14* | 0.30** | 0.07 | 0.25** |
| Computer Adaptive Test | 0.46** | 0.48** | 0.43** | 0.14* | 0.27** | 0.11 | 0.26** |
Note: CAS = Caregiver Appraisal Scale; PROMIS = Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System; absolute values for correlations are presented to highlight magnitude
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