Items | Item parameter estimatesa | |||||||
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a | b 1 | b 2 | b 3 | b 4 | b 5 | b 6 | ||
1 | I try to avoid reminders of my diabetes. | 0.97 | −2.86 | −2.36 | −1.87 | −1.06 | 0.20 | 0.73 |
2 | I have thoughts and feelings about being diabetic that are distressing.b | −0.76 | 1.76 | 1.31 | 0.11 | −0.93 | −1.53 | −2.32 |
3 | I do not take care of my diabetes because it reminds me that I have diabetes. | 1.00 | −3.13 | −2.65 | − 2.37 | −1.92 | − 1.09 | − 0.62 |
4 | I eat things I shouldn’t eat when the urge to eat them is overwhelming. | 0.87 | −2.25 | −1.65 | −0.64 | 0.86 | 1.45 | 2.18 |
5 | When I have an upsetting feeling or thought about my diabetes, I try to get rid of that feeling or thought. | 0.98 | −2.76 | −2.50 | −1.73 | −0.68 | 0.54 | 1.09 |
6 | I avoid taking or forget to take my medication because it reminds me that I have diabetes. | 0.91 | −3.68 | −3.05 | −2.73 | −2.02 | −1.22 | −0.64 |
7 | I avoid stress or try to get rid of it by eating what I know I shouldn’t eat. | 1.03 | −2.44 | −1.81 | − 1.27 | −0.12 | 0.73 | 1.29 |
8 | I often deny to myself what diabetes can do to my body. | 1.14 | −2.57 | −2.11 | −1.59 | −0.87 | 0.08 | 0.66 |
9 | I don’t exercise regularly because it reminds me that I have diabetes. | 0.72 | −3.41 | −2.49 | −1.88 | −1.19 | 0.04 | 0.52 |
10 | I avoid thinking about what diabetes can do to me. | 0.89 | −2.43 | −1.60 | −1.08 | −0.41 | 0.61 | 1.05 |
11 | I avoid thinking about diabetes because someone I knew died from diabetes. | 0.88 | −3.53 | −2.65 | −2.44 | −1.83 | −0.48 | 0.14 |