Table 3 Subscales and item-scale correlation for the HOPE

Self-regulation (Mean =44.10 SD=7.43 Range 12–60)

1

4.17

0.88

0.551

2

4.13

0.91

0.651

3

4.33

0.76

0.612

4

3.93

0.91

0.627

5

3.93

0.87

0.725

6

3.94

0.82

0.605

7

3.53

0.98

0.680

8

3.46

0.98

0.669

9

3.53

1.05

0.678

10

3.36

1.13

0.720

11

3.16

1.11

0.713

12

2.60

0.99

0.537

Susceptibility (Mean =12.26 SD=3.72 Range 4–20)

13

3.19

1.04

0.910

14

3.23

1.07

0.877

15

2.97

1.08

0.891

16

2.86

1.15

0.742

Seriousness (Mean =13.92 SD=3.62 Range 4–20)

17

2.99

1.18

0.801

18

3.72

1.00

0.887

19

3.90

1.00

0.869

20

3.30

1.13

0.799

Benefit (Mean =21.56 SD=3.19 Range 5–25)

21

4.25

0.77

0.849

22

4.33

0.69

0.912

23

4.45

0.65

0.891

24

4.40

0.73

0.871

25

4.12

0.86

0.774

Barrier (Mean =15.81 SD=4.13 Range 5–25)

26

3.20

1.20

0.689

27

2.95

1.20

0.732

28

3.55

1.17

0.638

29

2.92

1.17

0.740

30

3.16

1.10

0.732

Self-Efficacy (Mean =18.66 SD=3.69 Range 5–25)

31

3.71

0.91

0.797

32

3.81

0.83

0.788

33

3.78

0.91

0.856

34

3.60

0.98

0.757

35

3.74

0.98

0.792

Health motivation (Mean =15.65 SD=2.76 Range 4–20)

36

4.14

0.78

0.750

37

4.52

0.70

0.671

38

3.92

1.01

0.813

39

3.06

1.17

0.741