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

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

Carmen Terol  1 , Ana Lledó  2 , Yolanda Quiles  2 , Maite Martín-Aragón  2
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Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Social Comparison Scale in chronic illness patients

Carmen Terol et al. J Health Psychol. 2015 Nov.

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.

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