Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Social Comparison Scale in chronic illness patients

Carmen Terol; Ana Lledó; Yolanda Quiles; Maite Martín-Aragón

doi:10.1177/1359105313514284

Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Social Comparison Scale in chronic illness patients

J Health Psychol. 2015 Nov;20(11):1474-82. doi: 10.1177/1359105313514284. Epub 2014 Jan 2.

Authors

Carmen Terol¹, Ana Lledó², Yolanda Quiles², Maite Martín-Aragón²

Affiliations

¹ Miguel Hernández University, Spain macarmen@umh.es.
² Miguel Hernández University, Spain.

PMID: 24385631
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313514284

Abstract

This study examined the Social Comparison Scale in Spanish chronic illness context and analyzed its psychometric properties. The article presented the results of two studies. The first explored the test's dimensional structure in a sample of 202 patients in a range of several chronic illnesses. The second study examined the instrument's structure in a sample of 186 patients with specific chronic illness. The results replicated the original structure of the scale and proved to be valid for use with optimum reliability.

Keywords: chronic illness; coping; reliability; social cognition; validation.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chronic Disease / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / standards*
Psychometrics / instrumentation*
Reproducibility of Results
Social Perception*
Validation Studies as Topic
Young Adult