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Participant data were obtained by using 2 instruments: a demographic questionnaire and the adapted Turkish version of \u201cthe SBAC.\u201d<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1478951526102065_sec3c\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Confirmatory factor analysis revealed strong factor loadings ranging from 0.670 to 0.850, indicating good item reliability. Model fit statistics demonstrated excellent psychometric properties (\u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \/\n                      <jats:italic>df<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a02.00; root mean square error of approximation\u00a0=\u00a00.079; Comparative Fit Index\u00a0=\u00a00.99; standardized root mean square residual\u00a0=\u00a00.042; Tucker\u2013Lewis Index\u00a0=\u00a00.98; root mean square residual\u00a0=\u00a00.042). The scale showed high internal consistency, with a total Cronbach\u2019s \u03b1 of 0.93 and subscale \u03b1 coefficients ranging from 0.85 to 0.90. The original 2-factor structure of the SBAC was supported.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1478951526102065_sec4d\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study confirmed the bidimensional structure (11 items) of SBAC\u2019s Turkish version with excellent validity and reliability indices, supporting its cultural and psychometric adequacy for Turkish samples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1478951526102065","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]],"date-time":"2026-03-25T06:02:21Z","timestamp":1774418541000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Turkish validity and reliability study of Self-Blame Attributions for Cancer Scale: A methodological study"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0061-9490","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00fclcan","family":"Bah\u00e7ecio\u011flu Turan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Firat University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nejla","family":"Demir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"F\u0131rat University Institute of Health Sciences"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2431-2346","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Z\u00fclf\u00fcnaz","family":"\u00d6zer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1478951526102065_ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.37.10.1798"},{"key":"S1478951526102065_ref32","first-page":"275","article-title":"The concept and understanding of structural equation model","volume":"11","author":"Woo","year":"2017","journal-title":"Seoul: Hannarae"},{"key":"S1478951526102065_ref28","volume-title":"Using Multivariate Statistics","volume":"6","author":"Tabachnick","year":"2015"},{"key":"S1478951526102065_ref27","unstructured":"T.C. 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