TY - JOUR
T1 - The Cardiac Denial of Impact Scale
T2 - A brief, self-report research measure
AU - Fowers, Blaine J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgemenrs-This project was supported in part by a grant from the University of New Mexico Research Allocation Committee. The author is very grateful to Anne Folkrod, John Baranchok, Patricia Yeamans, Michael Treddinick, Beth Pomerantz, Scott McIntosh, and Mark Kleiman for their assistance in this project.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1992/7
Y1 - 1992/7
N2 - Denial is an important aspect of recovery from cardiac trauma. It has been associated with reduced anxiety, better initial physical and psychological outcomes, decreased retention of information about the illness, and decreased treatment compliance. Although interview methods for assessing denial have been available for some time, they present both psychometric and methodological difficulties that a self-report measure could alleviate. This study provides the initial psychometric evaluation of the self- report Cardiac Denial of Impact Scale. It demonstrated adequate internal consistency as well as good criterion and discriminant validity. The availability of a self-report measure of denial can simplify its assessment in both research and treatment applications.
AB - Denial is an important aspect of recovery from cardiac trauma. It has been associated with reduced anxiety, better initial physical and psychological outcomes, decreased retention of information about the illness, and decreased treatment compliance. Although interview methods for assessing denial have been available for some time, they present both psychometric and methodological difficulties that a self-report measure could alleviate. This study provides the initial psychometric evaluation of the self- report Cardiac Denial of Impact Scale. It demonstrated adequate internal consistency as well as good criterion and discriminant validity. The availability of a self-report measure of denial can simplify its assessment in both research and treatment applications.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-3999(92)90007-O
DO - 10.1016/0022-3999(92)90007-O
M3 - Article
C2 - 1619586
AN - SCOPUS:0026776306
VL - 36
SP - 469
EP - 475
JO - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
JF - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
SN - 0022-3999
IS - 5
ER -
