Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Development and Psychometric Testing of the Attitudes Toward Mental Illness in Pediatric Patients Scale. |
| Authors: |
Villanueva, Christina Streich1 christina.villanueva@childrens.com, Scott, Shari Hughes2, Guzzetta, Cathie E.3,4, Foster, Barbara5 |
| Source: |
Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. Nov2009, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p220-227. 8p. 2 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: |
*CHILD psychopathology, *MENTAL illness, *PSYCHOMETRICS, *CHILD psychology, *MENTAL health, *FACTOR analysis, *CHILD psychiatric nursing |
| Abstract: |
PROBLEM: To develop the Attitudes toward Mental Illness in Pediatric Patients (ATMIPP) Scale measuring nonpsychiatric provider attitudes toward pediatric patients with mental illness. METHODS: Responses from 492 nonpsychiatric and 30 psychiatric providers were evaluated for reliability and validity. Cronbach's alpha was used for reliability while factor analysis and known-groups technique were used for validity. FINDINGS: The scale's internal consistency was 0.85. Factor analysis revealed three factors (Comfort, Tolerance, and Unbiasness) accounting for 74.5% of the variance. Compared to nonpsychiatric providers, psychiatric providers had significantly more positive attitudes on the ATMIPP ( p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The ATMIPP has evidence of reliability and validity for the sampled population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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