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Cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Spanish Brief Religious Coping Scale (S-BRCS)
Nelda C Martinez1, Valmi D Sousa
1The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902, USA. ncmartinez@utep.edu
Purpose:
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish Brief Religious Coping Scale (S-BRCS).
Design:
A descriptive correlational design was used to conduct the study among a convenience sample of 121 Mexican Americans with diabetes.
Results:
The positive and negative religious coping subscales had Cronbach’s alphas of .85 and .86, respectively. All interitem and item-to-total correlations for each subscale were above the recommended criteria of .30. Factor loadings of the positive subscale using oblique (oblimin) and orthogonal (varimax) rotation ranged from .71 to .86 and from .72 to .86, respectively.Factor loadings of the negative subscale using oblimin and varimax rotation ranged from .64 to .83 and from .63 to .83,respectively.
Discussion And Conclusions:
The S-BRCS was found to be a valid and reliable instrument to measure religious coping among Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes. IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: Further psychometric evaluation of the S-BRCS among larger sample of Mexican Americans and other Hispanic ethnic groups is warranted. The S-BRCS has the potential to become a standard instrument that can be used by clinicians who work with Hispanic clients with diabetes mellitus to provide culturally competent diabetes care.
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