Table 7 Criterion validity testing comparing the six scales of the self-care decisions inventory with adequate versus inadequate self-care management
|  | Adequate self-care managementa (n = 140) mean (sd) | Inadequate Self-care managementa (n = 289) mean (sd) | t-statistic | Effect size Hedge’s g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
External | 31.56 (26.89) | 23.76 (22.35) |  − 2.97 (p = 0.003) | 0.32 |
Urgency | 65.14 (20.54) | 55.40 (24.02) |  − 4.34 (p < 0.001) | 0.42 |
Uncertainty | 37.29 (24.16) | 30.98 (25.24) |  − 2.49 (p = 0.013) | 0.25 |
Cognitive/affective | 25.54 (25.42) | 26.22 (26.52) | 0.25 (p = 0.8) | 0.03 |
Waiting/cue competition | 39.82 (23.01) | 40.14 (23.23) | 0.13 (p = 0.89) | 0.01 |
Concealment | 36.75 (31.39) | 34.00 (28.53) |  − 0.88 (p = 0.38) | 0.09 |