The German 12-Item Brief Form of the Cancer Behavior Inventory (CBI-B-D-12): Factor Structure, Reliability, and Criterion Validity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Cancer Behavior Inventory Brief Form (CBI-B) allows assessing self-efficacy for coping with cancer as a personal resource of patients facing a diagnosis of cancer and its treatment. While psychometric analyses of CBI-B versions in other languages than English exist, the German version has not been analyzed more thoroughly in this respect yet.

Aims

Against this background, we analyzed the factor structure, internal consistency, and criterion validity of the German 12-item version of the Cancer Behavior Inventory Brief Form, the CBI-B-D-12.

Methods

Based on a pooled sample of N = 1034 cancer patients from various settings, we performed confirmative factor analyses, computed Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω for the 12-item summary scale, and determined criter

SUBMITTER: Giesler JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12577206 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature