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Title: | Perceived stigma of caregivers : psychometric evaluation for devaluation of consumer families scale | Authors: | Chang, CC Su, JA Chang, KC Lin, CY Koschorke, M Thornicroft, G |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | International journal of clinical and health psychology, May-Aug. 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 (04 =.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 facto analysis Family caregiv Perceived stigma People with menta illness Instrumental study |
Publisher: | Elsevier | Journal: | International journal of clinical and health psychology | ISSN: | 1697-2600 | 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003 |
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