Development of the Japanese version of the Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life Survey of Health - Adolescent Form (MMQL-AF) and investigation of its reliability and validity

Table 7 Discriminant validity involving known group analysis of the scale for the consciousness of self-affirmation

	Children with cancer off therapy (n = 140)		Healthy controls (n = 181)		t	pvalue
Scale for the consciousness of self-affirmation	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	pvalue
Intrapersonal field^a	46.85	7.32	44.87	9.13	2.15	< 0.05
Interpersonal field^b	72.05	10.59	74.35	9.83	1.98	< 0.05

n: number of individuals, SD: standard deviation, t: t value.
^aself-acceptance, attitude of self-actualization, sense of fulfillment.
^bself-closure/misanthropy, self-expression/interpersonal positivity, sense of being evaluated/interpersonal tension.

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