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Tol, A., Shojaeezadeh, D., Sharifirad, G.R., Eslami, A.A., Alhani, F. and Mohajeri Tehrani, M.R. (2012) Predictors of Self-Management Behaviors among Type 2 Diabetes Patients. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2, 2270-2274.

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• TITLE: Developing a Valid and Reliable Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Iranian Version

  AUTHORS: Azar Tol, Bahram Mohebbi, Mostafa Hossaini, Fereshteh Majlessi

  KEYWORDS: Coping Self-Efficacy; Type 2 Diabetes; Reliability; Validity; Iranian Version

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Vol.4 No.3, March 11, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: This study aimed to develop valid and reliable scale with the intention of measure Coping Self-efficacy (CSES) of Iranian type 2 diabetic patients. Patients and Methods: Validity and reliability of Iranian version of Coping Self-efficacy Scale (CSES) were measured by a cross-sectional study. Content validity, reliability and cultural equivalency were appraised through qualitative and quantitative study on 260 participants who have type 2 diabetes. Results: Reliability and validity of the scale and its four subscales, such as “stop unpleasant emotions and thoughts” (a = 0.92) “used problem-focused coping” (a = 0.71), Self-efficacy on diabetes problem solving (a = 0.74) and “get support from friends and family” (a = 0.67) were approved explicitly by a psychometric analysis; these show that the scale was slightly valid and reliable on the study setting. An intraclass correlation coefficient was satisfactory (p