Psychometric properties of the acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ II) Malay version in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ II) is a scale used to assess psychological inflexibility. The aim of this study is to translate AAQ II into Malay language and evaluate the psychometric properties of AAQ II Malay version.

Methods

The AAQ II which has been translated into Malay language via back translation procedure was distributed to 101 cancer patients and 100 non-cancer patients. The evaluation of psychometric properties in this study included content validity index, internal consistency, parallel reliability, exploratory factor analysis, concurrent validity, sensitivity and specificity of AAQ II Malay version.

Results

AAQ II Malay version has established good content validity index, acceptable internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha value of

SUBMITTER: Shari NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391017 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature