TY - JOUR
T1 - Estigma percibido en cuidadores
T2 - Evaluación psicométrica de la The Devaluation of Consumer Families Scale de las familias de consumidores
AU - Chang, Chih Cheng
AU - Su, Jian An
AU - Chang, Kun Chia
AU - Lin, Chung Ying
AU - Koschorke, Mirja
AU - Thornicroft, Graham
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044964051
SN - 1697-2600
VL - 18
SP - 170
EP - 178
JO - International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
JF - International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
IS - 2
ER -