Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, Faculty of Health, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
Centre for Dementia Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;35(10):1134-1140. doi: 10.1002/gps.5335. Epub 2020 Jun 23.
As the number of people living with dementia increases, reducing stigma has become a policy priority. One way of decreasing stigma is through contact with the stigmatised group. However, the impact of this is difficult to establish due to a lack of validated measures suitable for adolescents. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a level of contact questionnaire designed to assess adolescents' contact with people living with dementia.
Participants were recruited from five schools in two studies (N = 446 and N = 488) and completed the preliminary 11-item version of the adolescent level of contact of dementia (ALoCD).
Study 1 explored the factor structure of the ALoCD, revealing two factors 'direct contact' and 'indirect contact'. Study 2 confirmed the structure of the ALoCD and tested for discriminant validity. These two studies resulted in a 9-item scale that showed adequate internal consistency (α = .89, α = .62) and discriminant validity between those who did and did not live with a person with dementia.
The development of this scale enables assessment of direct (eg, living with a person with dementia) and indirect (watching a TV show about dementia) contact with dementia, and the extent of this contact. This initial validation suggests a psychometrically sound scale but further research should be undertaken to fully explore the properties of the scale.
随着痴呆症患者人数的增加，减少污名化已成为一项政策重点。减少污名化的一种方法是接触被污名化的群体。然而，由于缺乏适合青少年的经过验证的措施，因此很难确定这种方法的效果。本研究旨在开发和验证一种旨在评估青少年与痴呆症患者接触程度的接触程度问卷。
参与者来自两项研究中的五所学校（N=446 和 N=488），并完成了初步的 11 项青少年痴呆症接触程度问卷（ALoCD）。
研究 1 探讨了 ALoCD 的因子结构，揭示了“直接接触”和“间接接触”两个因素。研究 2 验证了 ALoCD 的结构，并测试了其判别效度。这两项研究得出了一个 9 项的量表，具有足够的内部一致性（α=0.89，α=0.62），并且在是否与痴呆症患者生活在一起的人群之间具有判别效度。
该量表的开发能够评估与痴呆症的直接（例如，与痴呆症患者一起生活）和间接（观看有关痴呆症的电视节目）接触程度以及这种接触的程度。初步验证表明该量表具有良好的心理测量学特性，但应进一步进行研究，以充分探索该量表的特性。
