Psychometric properties of Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) in a cohort of patients with resected cancer in adjuvant treatment

  1. Caterina Calderón
  2. Pere J. Ferrando
  3. Urbano Lorenzo-Seva
  4. Alberto Carmona-Bayonas
  5. Carlos Jara
  6. Francisco Ayala de la Peña
  7. Carmen Beato
  8. Avinash Ramschandani
  9. Teresa García
  10. Montserrat Mangas-Izquierdo
  11. Beatriz Castelo
  12. Olga Donnay
  13. María del Mar Muñoz
  14. Eva Martínez de Castro
  15. Sara García
  16. Ismael Ghanem
  17. Teo Mellen
  18. Paula Jiménez-Fonseca
Revue:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Année de publication: 2017

Volumen: 33

Número: 3

Pages: 621-629

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.33.3.277061 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Résumé

Stoicism has been used to describe a wide range of behaviors in the face of disease that go from silence, resistance to the adversity, or ‘to make the best of a bad disease’. This study pursued two objectives: 1) analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the LSS; 2) assess the relation between stoicism and gender, age, and the five-factor personality model. NEOcoping is a prospective, multicenter, observational, non-interventionist study. Patients were recruited consecutively at thirteen Spanish teaching hospitals. The following scales were administered: Liverpool Stoicism Scale (LSS) and Big Five Inventory (BFI-10). A total of 443 patients (250 females) with a mean age of 59.8 years (SD =12.3) were enrolled. Colon cancer was the most common, followed by breast cancer. At the total-scale level, mean LSS was lower than the originally reported British sample. The four-factor structure fitted the data well, had a clear interpretation, and the derived scales showed acceptable reliabilities. The personality trait of introversion predicted 4.1% of the variance of stoicism (p<.001). Even though it needs to be improved, the LSS scale demonstrates acceptable psychometric properties to appraise stoicism in the Spanish population with resected cancer.

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This work was funded by SEOM in 2015. The sponsor of this research has not participated in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the article for publication.

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