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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rivas, Teresa
• Carreira, Mónica
• Domínguez-López, Marta
• Ruiz de Adana, Maria Soledad
• Anarte, María Teresa

Titel

Development and Preliminary Validation of a New Type 1 Diabetes Adjustment Scale (DAS-1)

Ist Teil von

• Frontiers in psychology, 2020-04, Vol.11, p.533-533

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study focuses on the development and validation of a new Type 1 Diabetes Adjustment Scale (DAS-1). A total of 204 participants aged 15-65 with type 1 diabetes completed the self-report measures of the DAS-1, which includes clinical and psychological variables. Robust confirmatory factor analysis detected a unidimensional structure of the item scores. The omega coefficient was 0.91 and test-retest reliability was 0.87. Classifying subjects as in a Positive or Negative mood state, ROC analysis yielded an optimal cut-off of 50 for the DAS-1 scores, with a clinical accuracy of AUC = 0.85. The DAS-1 demonstrated evidence of good reliability and acceptable construct validity. The DAS-1 demonstrated good clinical utility, good sensitivity and adequate specificity. Clinical and theoretical implications of these results are discussed.