Title:
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Psychometric properties of Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) in a cohort of patients with resected cancer in adjuvant treatment
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Author:
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Calderón Garrido, Caterina; Ferrando Piera, Pere Joan; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano; Carmona-Bayonas, Alberto; Jara, Carlos; Ayala de la Peña, Francisco; Beato, Carmen; Ramchandani, Avinash; García, Teresa; Mangas-Izquierdo, Montserrat; Castelo, Beatriz; Donnay, Olga; Muñoz, Maria del Mar; Martínez de Castro, Eva; García, Sara; Ghanem, Ismael; Mellen, Teo; Jiménez Fonseca, Paula
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Other authors:
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Universitat de Barcelona |
Abstract:
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Stoicism has been used to describe a wide range of behaviors in the face of disease that go from silence, resistance to the adversity, or 'to make the best of a bad disease'. This study pursued two objectives: 1) analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the LSS; 2) assess the relation between stoicism and gender, age, and the five-factor personality model. NEOcoping is a prospective, multicenter, observational, non-interventionist study. Patients were recruited consecutively at thirteen Spanish teaching hospitals. The following scales were administered: Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) and Big Five Inventory (BFI-10). A total of 443 patients (250 females) with a mean age of 59.8 years (SD =12.3) were enrolled. Colon cancer was the most common, followed by breast cancer. At the total-scale level, mean LSS was lower than the originally reported British sample. The four-factor structure fitted the data well, had a clear interpretation, and the derived scales showed acceptable reliabilities. The personality trait of introversion predicted 4.1% of the variance of stoicism (p<.001). Even though it needs to be improved, the LSS scale demonstrates acceptable psychometric properties to appraise stoicism in the Spanish population with resected cancer. |
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-Estoïcisme -Actitud (Psicologia) -Càncer -Psicometria -Stoicism -Attitude (Psychology) -Cancer -Psychometrics |
Rights:
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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Universidad de Murcia, 2017
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es |
Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
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Universidad de Murcia
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