Table 2 Mean values and reliability parameters
From: Emotional and rational disease acceptance in patients with depression and alcohol addiction
mean | SD | Difficulty index (0.60) | loading | corrected item-total correlation | alpha if item deleted (Cronbach's alpha = 0.933) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive Life Construction, Contentedness and Well-Being (emotional) | ||||||
K5 it works to manage life by myself despite of symptoms | 2.64 | 1.27 | 0.66 | .732 | .662 | .929 |
K3 can do all which is important to me despite of symptoms | 2.12 | 1.48 | 0.53 | .832 | .664 | .929 |
K6 even when negative emotions will appear, I don't let them control me | 2.13 | 1.23 | 0.53 | .655 | .574 | .930 |
K2 come to grips with daily life despite of symptoms | 2.37 | 1.27 | 0.59 | .846 | .650 | .930 |
K4 can't get on with the impacts of disease (-) | 2.21 | 1.35 | 0.55 | .661 | .685 | .929 |
K24 feel well (inside) | 1,84 | 1.30 | 0.46 | .620 | .703 | .929 |
K11 understand the causes of disease, but I don't get on with it (-) | 2.19 | 1.36 | 0.55 | .570 | .698 | .929 |
K26 comfortable with myself and my situation | 1,48 | 1.28 | 0.37 | .764 | .599 | .930 |
K7 life is centred by disease (-) | 2.52 | 1.32 | 0.63 | .736 | .596 | .930 |
K28 it saddens that disease has destroyed so much in my life | 1.66 | 1.37 | 0.42 | .506 | .448 | .932 |
K37 can live with the fact that disease may reappear in stressful situations | 2.16 | 1.29 | 0.54 | .592 | .614 | .930 |
Conscious Dealing with Illness (rational) | ||||||
K35 aware of the consequences of my disease for myself and family, and thus I have the unconditional will to work on myself | 3.25 | 1.00 | 0.81 | .839 | .424 | .932 |
K15 due to the accepting handling of my disease, I have got a better understanding to deal with the troubles in life | 2.71 | 1.18 | 0.68 | .792 | .405 | .932 |
K16 do know that I have to live with my disease and have to care each and every to prevent the reappearance of its impacts | 3.07 | 1.05 | 0.77 | .778 | .329 | .933 |
K33 even when relapses may occur, I have the unconditional will to work on my recovery further on | 3.37 | 0.98 | 0.84 | .744 | .421 | .932 |
K34 do know that I have to live with disease, but I don't want it anyhow (-) | 2.49 | 1.46 | 0.62 | .640 | .610 | .930 |
K22 the role the disease plays in the handling of my emotions is clear to me | 2.82 | 1.07 | 0.71 | .562 | .371 | .933 |
Rejection of an Irrational Dealing with Disease (emotional) | ||||||
K30 feel guilty to be ill (-) | 2.49 | 1.45 | 0.62 | .582 | .650 | .929 |
K41 feels highly incorrect to regard a disease as the cause of my afflictions rather than myself as a person (-) | 2.39 | 1.30 | 0.60 | .685 | .376 | .933 |
K39 sometimes I would like to wake up and ascertain that I never had been ill (-) | 1.56 | 1.43 | 0.39 | .640 | .457 | .932 |
K43 idea that my symptoms and troubles arise from a disease seems as an incapacitation (-) | 2.80 | 1.20 | 0.70 | .665 | .484 | .932 |
K29 when ill, feeling of failure (-) | 1.80 | 1.44 | 0.45 | .515 | .608 | .930 |
K45 it annoys me that disease will come along with me my whole life (-) | 1.34 | 1.37 | 0.34 | .560 | .380 | .933 |
Disease Acceptance (rational) | ||||||
K9 can understand the causes of my disease | 2.87 | 1.14 | 0.72 | .794 | .395 | .932 |
K8 do know that I am ill and can accept it | 2.80 | 1.26 | 0.70 | .791 | .533 | .931 |
K12 understand the causes of my disease, but don't find an emotional access to them (-) | 2.47 | 1.25 | 0.62 | .733 | .568 | .931 |
K13 disease is apart of me which I can't accept (-) | 2.51 | 1.45 | 0.63 | .451 | .578 | .930 |
K25 fail to accept my disease (-) | 2,78 | 1.25 | 0.70 | .416 | .691 | .929 |
K38 accept disease as a part of me | 2.47 | 1.25 | 0.62 | .502 | .710 | .929 |