Loading...
Research Project
ADAPTAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA E ADESÃO AO TRATAMENTO NA EPILEPSIA PEDIÁTRICA: UM ESTUDO COM DÍADES DE CRIANÇAS/ADOLESCENTES E PAIS
Funder
Authors
Publications
Social comparison in parents of children with chronic conditions: results from the Portuguese version of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure
Publication . Mendes, Teresa; Crespo, C.; Maroco, J. P.; Buunk, Abraham Pieter; Austin, Joan
ABSTRACT: 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 supported the reliability of the measure, and provided evidence of concurrent validity: parents with higher social comparison orientation
presented more anxiety and depressive symptoms, and higher neuroticism scores, consistent with what was theoretically expected.
Conclusion: This study opens an important door in the field of pediatric chronic conditions, supporting the relevance of examining parents’
social comparison differences in future research, and the utility of the INCOM in the assessment of those differences.
Organizational Units
Description
Keywords
Contributors
Funders
Funding agency
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Funding programme
Funding Award Number
SFRH/BD/86337/2012