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ArticlePloS one2020

Psychometric properties of the German version of the Self Image Scale (SIS-D) in a sample of cancer patients.

Jan Brederecke, Tanja Zimmermann

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jan BredereckeDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1457-9255
Tanja ZimmermannDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5069-7278
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUniversität Hamburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA cancer disease can affect the satisfaction with the physical appearance, so that the standardized assessment of the body image is important in cancer patients. The German version of the Self-Image Scale is a self-report measure that uses two subscales to assess appearance satisfaction (self-acceptance) and perceptions of partners' acceptance of their appearance (partner-acceptance). The present study aimed to validate the Self-Image Scale's two-factor structure in a sample of cancer patients with a variety of different diagnoses to further increase its utility.

methodsConfirmatory factor analysis methods were used to examine the two-factor model in a sample of cancer patients (N = 278). Scale reliability and validity were then assessed through internal consistency measures and correlations with external criteria such as depressiveness, anxiety, distress, and relationship satisfaction.

resultsThe proposed factor structure was supported by the results and the internal consistencies were good with α = .83 for the self-acceptance scale and α = .88 for the partner-acceptance scale while additional correlations with external criteria were observed as expected.

conclusionsThe results support the use of the German version of the Self-Image Scale in cancer patients in general. Future research directions include validation across further entities of cancer, the in-depth investigation of sex differences, and research in other diseases that might impact body image.

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PsychometricsAnxietyBody ImageFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPersonal SatisfactionQuality of LifeSelf ConceptSex CharacteristicsSexual Partners

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