Background:Existing Chinese stigma scales focus on the perceptions of people with mental illness(PMI)without assessing the general public’s attitudes toward integrating PMI into the community.Developing a valid and r...Background:Existing Chinese stigma scales focus on the perceptions of people with mental illness(PMI)without assessing the general public’s attitudes toward integrating PMI into the community.Developing a valid and reliable Chinese instrument measuring the attitude domain will be helpful to future research in this area.The current study aimed to validate a shortened Chinese version of the Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill Scale(C-CAMI-SF).Methods:Four hundred participants who are(1)Chinese;(2)aged 18 years and above;and(3)able to complete the Chinese questionnaire in a self-reported manner participated in the research.Principal component analysis was conducted to explore the factor structure of the scale.Internal consistency was examined using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.Three other questionnaires:Social Distance Scale(SDS),The Attribution Questionnaires-9-Item Version(AQ-9),and the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12(ISEL-12),were used to examine the convergent and divergent validity of the scale.Results:Finally,seventeen items were retained in the C-CAMI-SF with factor loadings ranging from 0.51 to 0.81.The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the scale were revealed to be 0.58,0.57,0.75,and 0.68 for each subscale,respectively.Although the first two values fall just short of the conventional 0.70 benchmark,this is still acceptable for a unidimensional subscale comprising only 3–4 items.Significant correlations(p<0.05)were obtained in the expected directions between the C-CAMI-SF and the other three validity check scales.Conclusion:The 17-item C-CAMI-SF validated in the current study demonstrated good psychometric properties and conceptual coherence.It also provided implications for future stigma reduction interventions.展开更多
While a desire for fame and success is universal,little research has been devoted to discovering traits associated with their attainment.Mann(2016)completed a qualitative study of factors that contribute to success.Gr...While a desire for fame and success is universal,little research has been devoted to discovering traits associated with their attainment.Mann(2016)completed a qualitative study of factors that contribute to success.Grounded theory was used to extract themes from interviews of successful entertainers who were asked to describe the factors that contributed to their success.There were three phases to the process of achieving success:Orientation,Approach,and Maintenance.Building on this framework,the present research developed a test to measure characteristics associated with fame and success.A sample was gathered online;311 participants responded to 186 attitudinal items and 10 additional validity items,and also provided information about their level of success and notoriety in highly competitive endeavors.Item analysis reduced the number of items to 58 attitudinal items on seven scales:Doing What You Love,Desire for Fame,Determination,Focus,Business Skills,Maverick Tendencies,and Lifelong Learner Interest.Substantial correlations were found between the scales and self-reported measures of success and fame.展开更多
文摘Background:Existing Chinese stigma scales focus on the perceptions of people with mental illness(PMI)without assessing the general public’s attitudes toward integrating PMI into the community.Developing a valid and reliable Chinese instrument measuring the attitude domain will be helpful to future research in this area.The current study aimed to validate a shortened Chinese version of the Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill Scale(C-CAMI-SF).Methods:Four hundred participants who are(1)Chinese;(2)aged 18 years and above;and(3)able to complete the Chinese questionnaire in a self-reported manner participated in the research.Principal component analysis was conducted to explore the factor structure of the scale.Internal consistency was examined using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.Three other questionnaires:Social Distance Scale(SDS),The Attribution Questionnaires-9-Item Version(AQ-9),and the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12(ISEL-12),were used to examine the convergent and divergent validity of the scale.Results:Finally,seventeen items were retained in the C-CAMI-SF with factor loadings ranging from 0.51 to 0.81.The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the scale were revealed to be 0.58,0.57,0.75,and 0.68 for each subscale,respectively.Although the first two values fall just short of the conventional 0.70 benchmark,this is still acceptable for a unidimensional subscale comprising only 3–4 items.Significant correlations(p<0.05)were obtained in the expected directions between the C-CAMI-SF and the other three validity check scales.Conclusion:The 17-item C-CAMI-SF validated in the current study demonstrated good psychometric properties and conceptual coherence.It also provided implications for future stigma reduction interventions.
文摘While a desire for fame and success is universal,little research has been devoted to discovering traits associated with their attainment.Mann(2016)completed a qualitative study of factors that contribute to success.Grounded theory was used to extract themes from interviews of successful entertainers who were asked to describe the factors that contributed to their success.There were three phases to the process of achieving success:Orientation,Approach,and Maintenance.Building on this framework,the present research developed a test to measure characteristics associated with fame and success.A sample was gathered online;311 participants responded to 186 attitudinal items and 10 additional validity items,and also provided information about their level of success and notoriety in highly competitive endeavors.Item analysis reduced the number of items to 58 attitudinal items on seven scales:Doing What You Love,Desire for Fame,Determination,Focus,Business Skills,Maverick Tendencies,and Lifelong Learner Interest.Substantial correlations were found between the scales and self-reported measures of success and fame.
