Social comparison in parents of children with chronic conditions: Results from the Portuguese version of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure ... : Resultados da versão Portuguesa do Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) com pais de crianças com condições crónicas ...

Aim: The Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) is a measure for assessing individual differences in social comparison orientation. Despite the relevance of social comparison orientation in understanding adult patients' adjustment responses to chronic health conditions, the impact of parental social comparison processes in the context of chronic pediatric conditions remains unexplored. This study’s main goal was to examine the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the INCOM with parents of children with chronic health conditions. Method: Two samples of parents o... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Mendes, Teresa
Crespo, Carla
Marôco, João
Buunk, Abraham
Austin, Joan
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: PsychOpen GOLD
Schlagwörter: INCOM / social comparison orientation / pediatric chronic conditions / parents / psychometric properties / orientação para a comparação social / condições crónicas pediátricas / pais / propriedades psicométricas / 150
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29160579
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6650

Aim: The Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) is a measure for assessing individual differences in social comparison orientation. Despite the relevance of social comparison orientation in understanding adult patients' adjustment responses to chronic health conditions, the impact of parental social comparison processes in the context of chronic pediatric conditions remains unexplored. This study’s main goal was to examine the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the INCOM with parents of children with chronic health conditions. Method: Two samples of parents of children with chronic pediatric conditions (asthma, epilepsy, diabetes and obesity) were used (test sample, N = 301; validation sample, N = 192). Parents completed self-reported measures of social comparison orientation, anxiety and depression symptoms and neuroticism. Results: Regarding factorial validity, results supported the unidimensionality of a revised INCOM scale, comprised of nine items. Results also ...