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Title: Perceived stigma of caregivers : psychometric evaluation for devaluation of consumer families scale [Estigma percibido en cuidadores : evaluación psicométrica de la the devaluation of consumer families scale de las familias de consumidores]
Authors: Chang, CC
Su, JA
Chang, KC
Lin, CY 
Koschorke, M
Thornicroft, G
Issue Date: 2018
Source: International journal of clinical and health psychology, 2018, v. 18, no. 2, p. 170-178
Abstract: Background/Objective: The Devaluation of Consumer Families Scale (DCFS) is commonly used to measure perceived stigma towards family members of people with mental illness. However, its factorial structure has never been confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the DCFS Taiwan version (DCFS-TW).
Method: Family caregivers (N=511) completed the DCFS-TW (97 completed the DCFS again after 2 to 4 weeks) and other instruments. CFA, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, concurrent validity, and known-group validity were analyzed.
Results: The three-factor structure of the DCFS-TW performed better than the one-factor structure. Test-retest reliability (r =.66) and internal consistency were satisfactory (α =.85); concurrent validity (absolute r =.20 to.58) was acceptable; known-group validity was supported by the significantly different DCFS-TW scores in clinical characteristics (had been vs. had not been hospitalized; had been vs. had not been compulsorily admitted).
Conclusions: The DCFS-TW has decent psychometric properties and is suitable for health professionals to measure perceived stigma towards family members of people with mental illness.
Keywords: Confirmatory factor analysis
Family caregiver
Instrumental study
People with mental illness
Perceived stigma
Publisher: Elsevier
Journal: International journal of clinical and health psychology 
ISSN: 1697-2600
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
Rights: © 2018 Asociaci´on Espa˜nola de Psicolog´ıa Conductual. Published by Elsevier Espa˜na, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The following publication Chang, C. C., Su, J. A., Chang, K. C., Lin, C. Y., Koschorke, M., & Thornicroft, G. (2018). Perceived stigma of caregivers: Psychometric evaluation for Devaluation of Consumer Families Scale. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 18(2), 170-178 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
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