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Perceived stigma of caregivers: Psychometric evaluation for Devaluation of Consumer Families Scale

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...

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Autores principales: Chang, Chih-Cheng, Su, Jian-An, Chang, Kun-Chia, Lin, Chung-Ying, Koschorke, Mirja, Thornicroft, Graham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6225041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
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author Chang, Chih-Cheng
Su, Jian-An
Chang, Kun-Chia
Lin, Chung-Ying
Koschorke, Mirja
Thornicroft, Graham
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Su, Jian-An
Chang, Kun-Chia
Lin, Chung-Ying
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description 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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spelling pubmed-62250412018-11-28 Perceived stigma of caregivers: Psychometric evaluation for Devaluation of Consumer Families Scale Chang, Chih-Cheng Su, Jian-An Chang, Kun-Chia Lin, Chung-Ying Koschorke, Mirja Thornicroft, Graham Int J Clin Health Psychol Original article 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. Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual 2018 2018-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6225041/ /pubmed/30487922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003 Text en © 2018 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Chang, Kun-Chia
Lin, Chung-Ying
Koschorke, Mirja
Thornicroft, Graham
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6225041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
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