Author, as appears in the article.: Calderon C; Lorenzo-Seva U; Ferrando PJ; Gómez-Sánchez D; Ferreira E; Ciria-Suarez L; Oporto-Alonso M; Fernández-Andujar M; Jiménez-Fonseca P

Department: Psicologia

URV's Author/s: Ferrando Piera, Pere Joan / Lorenzo Seva, Urbano

Keywords: Validity Reliability Oncology Mental adjustment Instrumental study

Abstract: © 2020 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual Background/Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (Mini-MAC) in a large sample of patients with non-metastatic, resected cancer. Methods: Prospective, observational, multicenter study for which 914 patients were recruited from 15 Spanish hospitals. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, validity and reliability analyses were conducted. Results: Factor-analytic results indicated a 4-factor structure of the Spanish version of the Mini-MAC. Three subscales have psychometric properties similar to those of Helplessness, Anxious preoccupation, and Cognitive avoidance of the original the Mini-MAC. The Fighting spirit and the Fatalism subscales were combined on the Positive attitude scale. The four factor-derived scale scores exhibited acceptable accuracy for individual measurement purposes, as well as stability over time in test-retest assessments at 6 months. Validity assessments found meaningful relations between the derived scale scores, and Brief Symptom Inventory depression and anxiety scores and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy spiritual well-being scores. Conclusions: The Spanish version of the Mini-MAC provides reliable and valid measures for patients with non-metastatic, resected cancer, and results corroborate the instrument's cross-cultural validity.

Thematic Areas: Psychology, clinical Psychology Psicología Interdisciplinar Clinical psychology

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1697-2600

Author's mail: perejoan.ferrando@urv.cat urbano.lorenzo@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-3133-5466 0000-0001-5369-3099

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Journal volume: 21

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1697260020300430?via%3Dihub

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: International Journal Of Clinical And Health Psychology. 21 (1): 89-99

APA: Calderon C; Lorenzo-Seva U; Ferrando PJ; Gómez-Sánchez D; Ferreira E; Ciria-Suarez L; Oporto-Alonso M; Fernández-Andujar M; Jiménez-Fonseca P (2021). Psychometric properties of Spanish version of the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale. International Journal Of Clinical And Health Psychology, 21(1), 89-99. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.06.001

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.06.001

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2021

Publication Type: Journal Publications