Allen, Sarah, Wetherell, Mark and Smith, Michael (2017) The Cohen–Hoberman inventory of physical symptoms: Factor structure, and preliminary tests of reliability and validity in the general population. Psychology & Health, 32 (5). pp. 567-587. ISSN 0887-0446
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Abstract
Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Cohen–Hoberman inventory of physical symptoms (CHIPS). Construct and discriminant validity were examined by assessing associations between factors and subjective health complaints (SHC) inventory subscales in addition to measures of pain sensitivity, perceived stress and psychological distress.
Design: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 535 healthy individuals from the general population (80.6% female, mean age = 29.80).
Main outcome measures: Participants completed CHIPS, SHC, perceived stress scale, pain sensitivity questionnaire, and hospital anxiety and depression scale.
Results: Principal components analysis demonstrated that CHIPS comprised 8 ‘symptoms’ factors as follows; ‘sympathetic/cardiac’ (7 items; α = .827), ‘muscular’ (6 items; α = .752), ‘metabolic’ (5 items; α = .736), ‘gastrointestinal’ (5 items; α = .714), ‘vasovagal’ (4 items; α = .743), ‘cold/flu’ (2 items; α = .837), ‘headache’ (2 items; α = .690) and ‘minor haemorrhagic’ (2 items; α = .309). Significant correlations were observed between factors and SHC subscales (moderate-high), pain sensitivity (negligible-low) and levels of perceived stress and anxiety (low-moderate) indicating good construct, and discriminant validity, respectively.
Conclusions: CHIPS is a multidimensional and internally consistent measurement of physical symptoms. The postulated factor structure may be used for research purposes particularly in health psychology, to consistently differentiate between clusters of self-reported symptoms.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Physical symptoms, distress, subjective health, factor structure |
Subjects: | B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine C800 Psychology |
Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology |
Depositing User: | Becky Skoyles |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2017 16:22 |
Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2021 08:32 |
URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/29830 |
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