School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460, USA.
Nurs Res. 2010 Mar-Apr;59(2):102-9. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181d1b265.
Existing spiritual support scales for use with cancer survivors focus on the support believed to come from a religious community, clergy, or health care providers.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of a new measure of spiritual support believed to come from God in older Christian African American cancer survivors.
The Perceived Support From God Scale was administered to 317 African American cancer survivors aged 55-89 years. Psychometric evaluation involved identifying underlying factors, conducting item analysis and estimating reliability, and obtaining evidence on the relationship to other variables or the extent to which the Perceived Support From God Scale correlates with religious involvement and depression.
The Perceived Support From God Scale consists of 15 items in two subscales (Support From God and God's Purpose for Me). The two subscales explained 59% of the variance. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were .94 and .86 for the Support From God and God's Purpose for Me subscales, respectively. Test-retest correlations were strong, supporting the temporal stability of the instrument. Pearson's correlations to an existing religious involvement and beliefs scale were moderate to strong. Subscale scores on Support From God were negatively correlated to depression.
Initial support for reliability and validity was demonstrated for the Perceived Support From God Scale. The scale captures a facet of spirituality not emphasized in other measures. Further research is needed to evaluate the scale with persons of other racial/ethnic groups and to explore the relationship of spirituality to other outcome measures.
现有的适用于癌症幸存者的精神支持量表主要关注的是来自宗教社区、神职人员或医疗保健提供者的支持。
本研究的目的是评估一种新的、被认为来自上帝的精神支持测量工具在老年非裔美国癌症幸存者中的信度和效度。
该研究对 317 名年龄在 55-89 岁的非裔美国癌症幸存者进行了 Perceived Support From God Scale 测试。心理测量评估包括确定潜在因素、进行项目分析和估计可靠性，以及获得与其他变量的关系或 Perceived Support From God Scale 与宗教参与和抑郁程度相关程度的证据。
Perceived Support From God Scale 由 15 个项目组成，分为两个分量表（来自上帝的支持和上帝对我的目的）。两个分量表解释了 59%的方差。来自上帝的支持和上帝对我的目的分量表的 Cronbach's alpha 系数分别为 0.94 和 0.86。测试-重测相关性很强，支持该工具的时间稳定性。与现有宗教参与和信仰量表的 Pearson 相关系数为中等至较强。支持来自上帝的分量表得分与抑郁呈负相关。
对 Perceived Support From God Scale 的信度和效度进行了初步验证。该量表捕捉到了其他量表中没有强调的精神层面。需要进一步研究来评估该量表在其他种族/族裔群体中的应用，并探讨精神性与其他结果衡量标准的关系。
