Psychometric evaluation of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) in cancer patients: Confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 556-562

  Ashley, Laura ^a   Smith, Adam B ^b,c   Keding, Ada ^c   Jones, Helen ^d   Velikova, Galina ^d   Wright, Penny ^d  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Factor analysis; Illness perceptions; IPQ R; Psychometric; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETIC PATIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS;

CANCER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS; IPQ-R; PSYCHOMETRIC; RASCH ANALYSIS;

AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84888428083     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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