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Outcome expectations and self-regulation in cancer patients: Reliability, initial factor structure, and relationships with benefit finding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2006

KRISTI D. GRAVES  and
CINDY L. CARTER
KRISTI D. GRAVES
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29435, USA
CINDY L. CARTER
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29435, USA
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate outcome expectation and self-regulation measures within a sample of cancer patients and to explore relationships of these variables with benefit finding. The outcome expectation and self-regulation measures were evaluated for reliability and initial factor structure.

Method: A convenience sample of 141 cancer patients completed study measures while waiting for appointments at a cancer center.

Results: The measures demonstrated good reliability (alphas = .88 and .92, for outcome expectation and self-regulation respectively). Initial factor structure suggested six outcome expectation factors (managing symptoms, expressing emotions, talking about cancer, learning about cancer, managing self-image, and managing needs) and one self-regulation factor. Gender and treatment status were related to outcome expectations but not self-regulation. Outcome expectations and self-regulation were significant predictors of benefit-finding, F(8, 80) = 3.1, p = .005.

Significance of the research: Measures of outcome expectations and self-regulation are reliable, are related to gender and clinical variables, and may be useful as predictors of cancer patients' ability to find benefits in their cancer experience.

Keywords

CancerOutcome expectationsSelf-regulationSocial Cognitive TheoryBenefit finding
Type
Research Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 209 - 219
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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