Factor structure of the Childhood Illness Attitude Scales (CIAS)
In: Journal of pediatric psychology, Jg. 30 (2005), Heft 2, S. 213-218
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Objective To examine the factor structure of the Childhood Illness Attitude Scales (CIAS). The CIAS is a 35-item self-report measure based on the Illness Attitudes Scales, designed for use with school-age children. The CIAS measures fears, beliefs, and attitudes associated with health anxiety and abnormal illness behavior in childhood. Methods CIAS item responses for 201 school-age children were subjected to principal-components analysis with oblique rotation. Results The CIAS was best conceptualized as comprising four factors: fears, help seeking, treatment experience, and symptom effects. Further factor analysis supported the notion that the CIAS can also be conceptualized as having a hierarchical structure, with four lower-order factors loading onto a single higher-order factor of health anxiety. Conclusions Results suggest that the CIAS possesses good psychometric properties, including factorial validity and internal consistency, and appears to be a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring children's health anxiety.
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Factor structure of the Childhood Illness Attitude Scales (CIAS)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | WRIGHT, Kristi D ; ASMUNDSON, Gordon J. G |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of pediatric psychology, Jg. 30 (2005), Heft 2, S. 213-218 |
Veröffentlichung: | Atlanta, GA: Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 18 ref |
ISSN: | 0146-8693 (print) |
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