Psychometric validation of the Multidimensional Acceptance of Loss Scale

Ferrin, James M.; Chan, Fong; Chronister, Julie; Chiu, Chung-Yi

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“…As it increases self-esteem and self-concept, acceptance is successful in increasing functioning. A strong link between impairment acceptance and selfesteem was found by Ferrin et al (2011). These results, along with Tutuncu's (2017) study, show that the relationship between acceptance and self-esteem is bidirectional, i.e.…”

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Validity and Reliability of a Self-Acceptance Scale for Youth with Physical Disabilities

Wahat¹,

Ahrari²,

Alby³

et al. 2021

JST

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Youth with disabilities generally struggle to earn a good livelihood as they journey through life. Disability acceptance is acceptance of impairment or loss of worth or acceptance of failure in the sense of disability. It involves changes in one’s values, placing less importance on one’s physical disability and more on one’s remaining assets or abilities. To develop the Self-Acceptance Scale for youth with physical disabilities (SAS-PD), this study adopted the sequential exploratory design. The scale was administered on 247 persons with physical disabilities. Following the compilation and analysis of qualitative data, a quantitative study was conducted. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) identified six factors, viz. social stigma, enlargement, and asset value, containment of disability effect, family support, and body acceptance that were represented by fifty items in a questionnaire that covered the attributes examined in the scale. The assessment of the level of self-acceptance by youth with disabilities using the SAS-PD may be a valuable intervention for transition programs. Going forward, the scale could also be used to build the profile of people with physical disabilities before they begin participating in any face to face or virtual training program. The assessment of youth with disability self-acceptance level enables their parents and teachers to be aware of their mental state and lead to more strategic planning for the teaching-learning approach.

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Validity and Reliability of a Self-Acceptance Scale for Youth with Physical Disabilities

Wahat¹,

Ahrari²,

Alby³

et al. 2021

JST

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“…Acceptance was also consistently correlated with greater psychological QOL in all cross-sectional studies [36,39,40,44,47]. Individuals who were moderate or high in acceptance reported significantly greater psychological QOL compared to individuals who were low in acceptance [44]. In longitudinal studies acceptance at six to 12 weeks post-injury was significantly correlated with psychological QOL one and two years post-injury [45,49].…”

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“…The association between acceptance and QOL was explored in 19 studies [12,17,18,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. In cross-sectional studies, greater acceptance was consistently associated with greater QOL [12,17,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]44,47]. Furthermore, acceptance was a significant predictor of global QOL even when socio-demographic factors (e.g., gender, age, marital status), injury-related variables (e.g., cause and type of injury, time since injury), and the other coping strategies of the SCL-CSQ (i.e., fighting spirit and social reliance) [12,17] were controlled for.…”

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The associations of acceptance with quality of life and mental health following spinal cord injury: a systematic review

Aaby

Ravn

Kasch³

et al. 2019

Spinal Cord

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Study Design: Systematic review. Objectives: To identify, critically appraise, and synthesize research findings on the associations between acceptance, quality of life (QOL), and mental health outcomes in individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: Five databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus) were systematically searched. Studies were included if they provided findings on the association between acceptance and QOL, mental health outcomes, or both in an SCI population aged 16 years or older. Only peer-reviewed original quantitative and qualitative studies were included. Screening, quality assessment, and data extraction were conducted independently by two researchers. Findings were tabulated and synthesized by outcome. Results: Forty-one studies were included. Greater acceptance was consistently associated with greater global and psychological QOL, life satisfaction, sense of well-being, mental health, and with lower levels of depression and anxiety. Inconsistent evidence was found with regards to social QOL and post-traumatic stress disorder. Acceptance was generally not associated with adjustment outcomes further than two years into the future. Study quality of the quantitative studies was mostly fair (n = 17) followed by good (n = 13), and poor (n = 9). Conclusion: Health-care professionals may regard acceptance as a psychological resource they can aim to support in improving QOL and mental health following SCI. A range of methodological and conceptual limitations were present in the research. Future studies should prioritize longitudinal designs, consider dyadic effects, explore subjective meaning(s) of acceptance, and investigate the effectiveness of therapeutic approaches that stimulate the acceptance process. AA was responsible for designing and writing the review protocol, conducting the literature search, screening identified records, conducting quality assessment, extracting and synthesizing data, interpreting results, creating figures and tables, and writing the manuscript. SLR was responsible for screening identified records, conducting quality assessment, and extracting and synthesizing data. She further contributed with guidance and continuous feedback on the review protocol, tables and figures, and revisions of the manuscript. HK contributed with guidance and continuous feedback on the review protocol, tables and figures, and revisions of the manuscript. TEA was responsible for arbitrating potentially eligible studies and further contributed with guidance and continuous feedback on the review protocol, tables and figures, and revisions of the manuscript.

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“…A positive perception of one's own situation helps reduce negative emotions and aversive self‐conscious feelings (Kotsou et al., 2018). Second, the reconstruction of self‐worth leads to a positive coping style (Ferrin, Fong, Chronister, & Chiu, 2010), leading to more control over the colostomy and better stoma management. Besides, in our study, gender was associated with stoma care self‐efficacy.…”

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Self‐disgust and stigma both mediate the relationship between stoma acceptance and stoma care self‐efficacy

Jin

Jiménez-Herrera

2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim: This paper is a report of a study exploring the relationship between stoma acceptance and stoma care self-efficacy in patients with colostomy and whether selfdisgust and stigma play mediating roles in this relationship. Design: A cross-sectional survey design. Method: In all, 476 participants were recruited from a tertiary hospital and completed structured, anonymous, self-report measures of stoma acceptance, self-disgust, stigma, and stoma care self-efficacy between January 2016-March 2017. Results: Stoma acceptance was significantly negatively associated with personal disgust (r = −.640, p<.001), behavioural disgust (r = −.384, p<.001), and stigma (r = −.309, p<.001) and significantly positively associated with stoma care self-efficacy (r = .689, p<.001). Furthermore, regression-based mediation modelling showed that personal disgust and stigma had significant mediating effects on stoma acceptance and stoma care self-efficacy. Conclusion: We demonstrated, for the first time, that emotional responses (self-disgust and stigma) play important roles in the association between stoma acceptance and stoma care self-efficacy. Addressing concerns about emotional disorder should become part of the routine care for patients with stoma. Impact: Patients with colostomy must cope with many challenges and undergo profound changes in daily life. Acceptance of the existence of the stoma and effective management of the stoma can aid patients in the return to a full and active life. Illness acceptance and psychological states have been widely reported to be correlates of the ability to successfully reconstitute a meaning of life, but these have not been specifically explored in patients with colostomy. This study examined the effect of stoma acceptance on stoma care self-efficacy with the mediation role of self-disgust and stigma. Evidence of the relationship between illness acceptance and self-efficacy could offer practitioners to consider emotional factors like self-disgust and stigma when aiming to improve stoma care and management.

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Psychometric validation of the Multidimensional Acceptance of Loss Scale

Abstract: The Multidimensional Acceptance of Loss Scale was found to measure the four value changes in Beatrice Wright's disability acceptance theory in a sample of Canadians with spinal cord injuries. It demonstrated good internal consistency reliability and construct validity.

Cited by 22 publications

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Validity and Reliability of a Self-Acceptance Scale for Youth with Physical Disabilities

Validity and Reliability of a Self-Acceptance Scale for Youth with Physical Disabilities

The associations of acceptance with quality of life and mental health following spinal cord injury: a systematic review

Self‐disgust and stigma both mediate the relationship between stoma acceptance and stoma care self‐efficacy

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