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Table 4 Items of the ICS

From: Reliability and validity of a new scale on internal coherence (ICS) of cancer patients

Item

Answer Scores

Mean values ± SD

Item-Total Correlation

Factor 1

Inner Resilience & Coherence

Factor 2

Thermo Coherence

Alpha if item deleted

Item-Scale Correlation Self Regulation

1) There were times last week when I felt good

5 - 1

3.55 ± 1.04

0.774

0.724

0.415

0.889

0.531

2) I felt cold without reason. (inverse focusing)

1 – 5

4.21 ± 1.05

0.527

0.156

0.897

0.905

0.312

3) I felt pleasantly warm

5 - 1

3.91 ± 1.13

0.579

0.219

0.892

0.902

0.372

4) I felt my health was...

5 - 1

3.30 ± 1.07

0.727

0.642

0.478

0.892

0.498

5) I was able to face the day with confidence.

5 - 1

3.80 ± 1.75

0.816

0.860

0.269

0.886

0.664

6) I felt confident enough to solve problems in my daily life.

1 – 5

3.86 ± 1.00

0.594

0.580

0.335

0.900

0.322

7) I came up with good ways of solving new problems

1 – 5

3.67 ± 0.94

0.569

0.728

0.051

0.902

0.575

8) What I did every day was consistent with my inner wishes

5 - 1

3.38 ± 1.09

0.719

0.769

0.253

0.892

0.566

9) Deep down I felt secure.

1 – 5

3.68 ± 0.98

0.753

0.843

0.196

0.891

0.604

10) I felt I was moving in the right direction.

5 - 1

3.90 ± 0.87

0.585

0.712

0.106

0.901

0.532

Score

Sum Scale

  

Inner R. & C.

Thermo C.

 

0,661

Cronbach-α

r α = 0.91

  

r α = 0.91

r α = 0.85

  

Retest-Reliability

r rt = 0.80

  

r rt = 0.74

r rt = 0.54

  
  1. Answer possibilities with 1: low ICS, 5: high ICS, mean values, item-total-Correlation, principal component analysis result with factor 1: Inner Resilience and Coherence and factor 2: Thermo Coherence, Cronbach-α, test-retest-reliability, item/scale-correlation with self-regulation.