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develop psychometrically test character strengths use diabetes selfmanagement scale people type 2 diabetes crosssectional design based literature reviews examination experts 20item scale developed administered 350 participants type 2 diabetes enrolled two endocrine clinics convenience sampling taiwan item analysis exploratory factor analysis efa confirmatory factor analysis cfa concurrent predictive validity well reliability used examine psychometric characteristics scale data collected november 2021 march 2022 efa cfa supported 12item scale three factors namely learning proactively taking challenges thinking positively fit data well total score 12item scale significantly positively correlated diabetesspecific quality life significantly negatively correlated baseline 9month haemoglobin a1c levels cronbachs overall scale subscales ranged 78 91 12item character strengths use diabetes selfmanagement scale demonstrated satisfactory validity reliability people type 2 diabetes nurses could apply new scale identify degree using character strengths selfmanagement people type 2 diabetes accordingly character strengthbased interventions could provided improve selfmanagement patients diabetes furthermore 12item character strengths use diabetes selfmanagement scale potential used measure effectiveness strengthbased interventions people type 2 diabetes five patients type 2 diabetes invited take original 20item scale evaluate clarity readability comprehensiveness 20 items