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Hodgkin¡¯s disease patients (and parents of children with Hodgkin¡¯s Disease): (Morrow et al., 1978; n = 75; 49% Hodgkin¡¯s Disease patients, 51% parents of children who have been treated for Hodgkin¡¯s Disease or solid tumors)

• Excellent interrater reliability on the total scale (ICC = .83)
• Excellent interrater reliability on the Psychological Distress subscale (ICC = .82)
• Excellent interrater reliability on the Sexual Relationships subscale (ICC = .81) 

Breast Cancer patients (Derogatis, 1986; n = 17)

• Excellent interrater reliability for Total Score (ICC = .86)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Health Care Orientation subscale (ICC = .74)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Vocational Environment subscale (ICC = .68)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Domestic Environment subscale (ICC = .61)
  • Excellent interrater reliability on the Sexual Relationships subscale (ICC = .86)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Extended Family Relationships subscale (ICC = .56)
  • Excellent interrater reliability on the Social Environment subscale (ICC = .82)
  • Excellent interrater reliability on the Psychological Distress subscale (ICC = .84)

Hodgkin's disease patients (Derogatis, 1986; n = 37)

• Excellent interrater reliability for Total Score (ICC = .83)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Health Care Orientation subscale (ICC = .70)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Vocational Environment subscale (ICC = .62)
  • Adequate interrater reliability on the Domestic Environment subscale (ICC = .52)
  • Excellent interrater reliability on the Sexual Relationships subscale (ICC = .81)
  • Poor interrater reliability on the Extended Family Relationships subscale (ICC = .33)
  • Excellent interrater reliability on the Social Environment subscale (ICC = .72)
  • Excellent interrater reliability on the Psychological Distress subscale (ICC = .82)

Lung cancer patients (Derogatis, 1986; n = 89)

• Excellent internal consistency on the Health Care Orientation subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .83)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Vocational Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .87)
• Poor internal consistency on the Domestic Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .68)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Sexual Relationships subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .93)
• Poor internal consistency on the Extended Family Relationships subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .12)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Social Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .93)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Psychological Distress subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .81)

Breast cancer patients (Kolokotroni et al., 2017; n = 243 women; utilized Greek version of PAIS-SR)

• Poor internal consistency on the Health Care Orientation subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .58)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Vocational Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .80)
• Adequate internal consistency on the Domestic Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .75)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Sexual Relationships subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .88)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Extended Family Relationships subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .83)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Social Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .92)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Psychological Distress subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .83)
• Excellent internal consistency on the total score for the PAIS-SR (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .92)

Concurrent Validity

Hodgkin¡¯s disease patients (and parents of children with Hodgkin¡¯s disease): (Morrow et al., 1978; n = 75; 49% Hodgkin¡¯s Disease patients, 51% parents of children who have been treated for Hodgkin¡¯s Disease)

• Poor correlation between scores on the Health Care Orientation subscale and level of satisfaction with health care (r = 0.27)
• Adequate correlation between scores on the Health Care Orientation subscale and expectations regarding the quality of care (r = 0.47)

Convergent Validity

Breast Cancer patients (Derogatis, 1986; n = 17)

Pearson correlations between the PAIS, the Global Adjustment to Illness scale (GAIS), and the Symptom Checklist 90 Scale (SCL-90):

Breast Cancer patients (Derogatis, 1986; n = 17)

Pearson correlations between the PAIS, the Affect Balance Scale (ABS), which measures mood and affect, and the Patient¡¯s Attitudes, Information, and Expectancies (PAIE) scale, which measures patients¡¯ attitudes toward their illness:

Breast cancer patients (Kolokotroni et al., 2017; n = 243 women; utilized Greek version of PAIS-SR)

• Partial* Pearson correlations between the PAIS, the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C), the SF-36 Physical Health Total Score (SF-36 PHT), and SF-36 Mental Health Total Score (SF-36 MHT):

*Age, time since completion of therapy, and disease stage were controlled in the partial correlations.

**p < .001.

Coronary Heart Disease (Karatas & Bostanoglu, 2017; n = 250; mean age (SD) = 54.84 (11.3); 52% male)

Mean (SD) scores on the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale-Self Report (PAIS-SR) by subscale and for total instrument

*Note: 113 of the 250 total participants completed the Sexual Relationships subscale.

Convergent validity:

Coronary Heart Disease (Karatas & Bostanoglu, 2017; n = 250; mean age (SD) = 54.84 (11.3); 52% male)

Pearson correlations between the PAIS-SR and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), which measures perceived support from friends, family, and significant others, by PAIS-SR subscale and for total instrument:

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: (Judd et al., 1991; n = 52; mean age = 31.8 (14.2); age range = 17 to 72; 15% female; 60% paraplegic, 40% quadriplegic)

Mean (SD) scores on the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale - Self Report (PAIS-SR) by subscale and for total instrument

Hemodialysis Patients: (De-Nour, 1981; 102 chronic hemodialysis patients; 59 (58%) male)

Mean scores for each subscale and for total instrument on (the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS):

Renal dialysis (Derogatis, 1986; n = 269; mean (SD) age = 48.9 (14.6); 57% male; 64% White, 31% Black, 5% race not otherwise specified)

• Poor internal consistency on the Health Orientation subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .63)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Vocational Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .81)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Domestic Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .87)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Sexual Relationships subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .80)
• Poor internal consistency on the Extended Family Relationships subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .66)
• Adequate internal consistency on the Social Environment subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .78)
• Excellent internal consistency on the Psychological Distress subscale (Cronbach¡¯s alpha = .80)

Convergent Validity:

Hemodialysis Patients: (De-Nour, 1981; 102 chronic hemodialysis patients; 59 (58%) male)

• Significant correlations between scores on PAIS and scores of anxiety, depression, and hostility on the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist (MAACL):

*Significant at 0.05 level

**Significant at 0.01 level