Table 5 MUIS-P and MUIS-Cg Validity testing
MUIS-P | ||||||
Cronbach’s Alpha | McDonald’s Omega | N | Factor 1 (Unpredictability) | Factor 2 (Ambiguity) | Total Score | |
Convergent (Baseline) | ||||||
Appraisal of illness/caregiving | 0.94 | 0.95 | 484 | .72*** (.68, .76) | .28*** (.19, .36) | .69*** (.64, .74) |
Hopelessness | 0.87 | 0.89 | 484 | .52*** (.45,.58) | .29*** (.21,.37) | .55*** (.48,.61) |
Avoidant coping | 0.78 | 0.84 | 484 | .42*** (.34, .49) | .24*** (.15,.32) | .44*** (.37,.51) |
Discriminant (Baseline) | ||||||
Self-efficacy | 0.97 | 0.98 | 484 | -.44*** (-.51, -.37) | -.40*** (-.48, -.33) | -.54*** (-.60, -.47) |
Active coping | 0.87 | 0.90 | 484 | .16** (.07,.24) | -.19*** (-.27, -.10) | .03 (-.05,.12) |
Predictive (3-month follow up) | ||||||
Quality of life | 0.91 | 0.94 | 117 | -.42*** (-.56, -.26) | -.17 (-.34,.01) | -.43*** (-.56, -.27) |
Hopelessness | 0.89 | 0.91 | 118 | .39*** (.23,.54) | .05 (-.13,.23) | .35** (.18,.50) |
Depression | 0.90 | 0.92 | 117 | .34** (.17,.49) | .12 (-.06,.30) | .34** (.17,.49) |
Distress | - | - | 118 | .23* (.06,.40) | .14 (-.04,.31) | .26* (.08,.42) |
Avoidant coping | 0.79 | 0.85 | 117 | .34** (.17,.49) | .09 (-.09,.27) | .32** (.15,.48) |
MUIS-Cg | ||||||
Cronbach’s Alpha | McDonald’s Omega | N | Factor 1 (Unpredictability) | Factor 2 (Ambiguity) | Total Score | |
Convergent (Baseline) | ||||||
Appraisal of illness/caregiving | 0.87 | 0.89 | 484 | .53*** (.46,.59) | .31*** (.23,.39) | .55*** (.48,.61) |
Hopelessness | 0.85 | 0.88 | 483 | .47*** (.40,.54) | .22*** (.13,.30) | .46*** (.38,.53) |
Avoidant coping | 0.74 | 0.80 | 484 | .49*** (.42,.55) | .24*** (.15,.32) | .48*** (.41,.55) |
Discriminant (Baseline) | ||||||
Self-efficacy | 0.97 | 0.97 | 482 | -.38*** (-.45, -.30) | -.40*** (-.48, -.33) | -.49*** (-.55, -.42) |
Active coping | 0.87 | 0.89 | 484 | .23*** (.15,.31) | -.15** (-.24, -.06) | .09 (-.00,.18) |
Predictive (3-month follow up) | ||||||
Quality of life | 0.93 | 0.95 | 118 | -.48*** (-.61, -.33) | -.34** (-.49, -.17) | -.54*** (-.65, -.39) |
Hopelessness | 0.88 | 0.91 | 118 | .46*** (.30,.59) | .29* (.11,.44) | .49*** (.34,.61) |
Depression | 0.93 | 0.94 | 118 | .50*** (.35,.62) | .29* (.12,.45) | .52*** (.38,.64) |
Distress | - | - | 118 | .36*** (.19,.51) | .34** (.17,.49) | .45*** (.29,.58) |
Avoidant coping | 0.80 | 0.85 | 118 | .44*** (.29,.58) | .17 (-.01,.34) | .42*** (.25,.55) |