The duration of preoccupation item of the PSYRATS delusions scale was correlated at the.05 level with the P1 delusion item of the PANSS.
A positive correlation was found between mothers' EDE-Q "food preoccupation" item at the beginning of pregnancy and during the postpartum period and the infants' "nurturing" section on the Symptom Check-List (Spearman r = 0.436, p = 0.023).
For example, Grassi et al., [ 21] found that the anxious preoccupation item 7 ' it is a devastating feeling', and the helplessness-hopelessness item 16 ' think it is the end of the world', loaded significantly onto more than one subscale and the fighting spirit item 18 ' I feel very optimistic' loading was low (alpha < 0.4).
Two scales of the ACS will be used: action orientation subsequent to failure vs. preoccupation (AOF, 12 items, e.g. the ability to detach from thoughts about alternative goals or undesirable events that may interfere with progress on the task at hand).
The amount of preoccupation and the conviction items and the total score of the PSYRATS delusions scale were correlated at the.01 level with the P1 delusion item of the PANSS.
Loss of interest in the outside world was estimated by item 7 (self-centred attitude) of PANSS negative and item 15 (preoccupation) of general subscale.
The 29-item mini-MAC was administered to assess five cancer specific coping strategies: 1) helplessness-hopelessness (8 items), 2) anxious preoccupation (8 items), 3) fighting spirit (4 items), 4) cognitive avoidance (4 items), and 5) fatalism (5 items).
The Maladaptive subscale, as proposed by Anagnostopoulos et al. [ 24], is composed of the original anxious preoccupation and the helplessness-hopelessness items.
The results are divided into six subscales: anxiety, depression, anger, posttraumatic stress, sexual preoccupation and dissociation, with 9 10 items in each.
