Aydemir Nuran
Department of Psychology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Jan;12(1):84-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.07.018. Epub 2007 Oct 31.
The aim of this study was to develop two new scales for assessing Turkish public's knowledge of epilepsy and attitudes toward it. A 26-item knowledge scale and a 15-item attitude scale were first developed and then tested using a random selection of adults aged 18 n = 613) from different parts of Istanbul. After item and factor analyses of the knowledge scale, 10 items were omitted. Varimax rotation resulted in three underlying components that explained 35.7% of the variance. As a reliability assessment, the Kuder-Richardson-20 coefficient was 0.72. For the attitude scale one item was excluded after factor analyses. Varimax rotation revealed two underlying components that explained 46.31% of the variance. Cronbach's alpha was found to be 0.84. Additionally, it was found that subjects with more knowledge of epilepsy had more positive attitudes toward epilepsy (r = .36, P<0.01).
本研究的目的是开发两个新的量表，用于评估土耳其公众对癫痫的了解程度及其对癫痫的态度。首先开发了一个包含26个条目的知识量表和一个包含15个条目的态度量表，然后从伊斯坦布尔不同地区随机选取18岁及以上的成年人（n = 613）进行测试。对知识量表进行项目和因子分析后，删除了10个条目。方差最大化旋转产生了三个潜在因子，解释了35.7%的方差。作为可靠性评估，库德-理查森-20系数为0.72。对态度量表进行因子分析后，排除了一个条目。方差最大化旋转揭示了两个潜在因子，解释了46.31%的方差。克朗巴赫α系数为0.84。此外，还发现对癫痫了解较多的受试者对癫痫的态度更积极（r = .36，P<0.01）。
