Al-Dwaikat Tariq N, Hayajneh Audai, Khatatbeh Haitham, Alasqah Ibrahim
Community and Mental Health Nursing Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
Department of Adult Health Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Aug 31;13(1):994. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03374-9.
Social support is essential for the self-management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM); no specific measure of the quality of social support has been designed and tested for people with T2DM. Having a validated questionnaire that is culturally and linguistically appropriate in this field would nurture research in this area and contribute to better patient health outcomes.
This study investigated the psychometric features of the Autonomy in Relatedness Inventory (ARI) among individuals with T2DM in Jordan.
We used a secondary dataset on self-management and outcomes of individuals with T2DM to examine the psychometric properties of the ARI. The ARI's items' overall reliability was assessed using internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha). Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to evaluate the validity of the ARI. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the yielded factors.
The ARI demonstrated high reliability (Cronbach's alpha value was 0.90) and validity in T2DM patients. Convergent validity of the ARI was established. The findings showed that ARI was strongly correlated with functional social support (r = .61, p < .001), in addition to negative correlations with depression (r= -.26, p < .001), anxiety (r= -.18, p < .001), and stress (r= -.24, p < .001). Regarding the factor structure of ARI, two latent factors were determined using a scree plot and EFA.
ARI provides a psychometrically sound method for measuring autonomy and relatedness in T2DM patients in Jordan.
Not applicable.
社会支持对于2型糖尿病（T2DM）的自我管理至关重要；尚未针对T2DM患者设计和测试社会支持质量的具体衡量标准。拥有一份在该领域具有文化和语言适应性的经过验证的问卷将促进该领域的研究，并有助于改善患者的健康结果。
本研究调查了约旦T2DM患者中关系自主性量表（ARI）的心理测量特征。
我们使用了关于T2DM患者自我管理和结果的二次数据集来检验ARI的心理测量特性。使用内部一致性（克朗巴哈系数）评估ARI项目的总体可靠性。探索性因子分析（EFA）用于评估ARI的有效性。使用结构方程模型（SEM）进行验证性因子分析（CFA）以检验得出的因子。
ARI在T2DM患者中显示出高可靠性（克朗巴哈系数值为0.90）和有效性。确立了ARI的收敛效度。研究结果表明，ARI与功能性社会支持密切相关（r = 0.61，p < 0.001），此外与抑郁（r = -0.26，p < 0.001）、焦虑（r = -0.18，p < 0.001）和压力（r = -0.24，p < 0.001）呈负相关。关于ARI的因子结构，使用碎石图和EFA确定了两个潜在因子。
ARI为测量约旦T2DM患者的自主性和关联性提供了一种心理测量上合理的方法。
不适用。
