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Cross-Ethnicity Measurement Equivalence of Family Coping for Breast Cancer Survivors
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Lim, Jung-won; Townsend, Aloen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objective: The current study examines the equivalence of a measure of family coping, the Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation scales (F-COPES), in Chinese American and Korean American breast cancer survivors (BCS). Methods: Factor structure and cross-ethnicity equivalence of the F-COPES were tested using structural equation modeling with 157…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Ethnicity, Coping, Cancer
Cross-Cultural Validation of the Preventive Health Model for Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Australian Study
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Flight, Ingrid H.; Wilson, Carlene J.; McGillivray, Jane; Myers, Ronald E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
We investigated whether the five-factor structure of the Preventive Health Model for colorectal cancer screening, developed in the United States, has validity in Australia. We also tested extending the model with the addition of the factor Self-Efficacy to Screen using Fecal Occult Blood Test (SESFOBT). Randomly selected men and women aged between…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Self Efficacy, Cancer, Validity
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Cancer Locus of Control Scale.
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Henderson, Jessica W.; Donatelle, Rebecca J.; Acock, Alan C. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2002
Conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the Cancer Locus of Control scale (M. Watson and others, 1990), administered to 543 women with a history of breast cancer. Results support a three-factor model of the scale and support use of the scale to assess control dimensions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cancer, Factor Structure, Females, Locus of Control
Factor Structure of the Brief Symptom Inventory--18 in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
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Recklitis, Christopher J.; Parsons, Susan K.; Shih, Mei-Chiung; Mertens, Ann; Robison, Leslie L.; Zeltzer, Lonnie – Psychological Assessment, 2006
The factor structure of the Brief Symptom Inventory--18 (BSI-18; L. R. Derogatis, 2000) was investigated in a sample of adult survivors of childhood cancer enrolled in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS; N = 8,945). An exploratory factor analysis with a randomly chosen subsample supported a 3-factor structure closely corresponding to the 3…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Adults, Cancer