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Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research 3/2016

29.08.2015

Stability of the 13-item sense of coherence (SOC) scale: a longitudinal prospective study in women treated for breast cancer

verfasst von: Carina Lindblad, Kerstin Sandelin, Lena-Marie Petersson, Camelia Rohani, Ann Langius-Eklöf

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 3/2016

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Abstract

Purposes

To test the stability of the SOC scale over time and to test the stability of the latent construct in 417 breast cancer patients at the time of diagnosis, after 1 year and in a subsample (n = 80) also 2 and 3 years later.

Methods

The 13-item SOC scale was firstly tested with mean values and ICC over time and secondly explored with cross-sectional factor analysis, separately for two time points (baseline and after 1 year), followed by a longitudinal factor analyses.

Results

Our results provide support for the stability over time (ICC 0.68, effect size 0.06). The cross-sectional factor analysis revealed a modified three-factor and a second-order factor model meeting criteria for goodness of fit. The longitudinal modified second-order factor model confirmed the construct stability character of the SOC scale with an acceptable goodness-of-fit criteria; X 2/df = 2.91; GFI = 0.87; RMSEA = 0.07; CFI = 0.84; AIC = 962.3. The proportion of variance (R 2) was 0.42.

Conclusions

The SOC scale is stable over time when applied to women with breast cancer. The longitudinal factor analysis gives support of a stable latent construct in the second-order factor model, allowing for merging all items to one scale reflecting the theoretical construct of SOC. Measurement errors between some items challenge future studies on alternative factor structures.

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Metadaten
Titel
Stability of the 13-item sense of coherence (SOC) scale: a longitudinal prospective study in women treated for breast cancer
verfasst von
Carina Lindblad
Kerstin Sandelin
Lena-Marie Petersson
Camelia Rohani
Ann Langius-Eklöf
Publikationsdatum
29.08.2015
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-1114-4

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