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 |
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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 |