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

Chih-Cheng Chang; Jian-An Su; Kun-Chia Chang; Chung-Ying Lin; Mirja Koschorke; Graham Thornicroft

doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003

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

Chih-Cheng Chang, Jian-An Su, Kun-Chia Chang, Chung-Ying Lin, Mirja Koschorke, Graham Thornicroft

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Early online date	7 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.003
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 7 Feb 2018

Keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis
Family caregiver
Perceived stigma
People with mental illness
Instrumental study
Análisis factorial confirmatorio
cuidador familiar
estigma percibido
personas con enfermedad mental
estudio instrumental

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