Development and Validation of the Revised Attitudes toward  Employment of Individuals with Psychiatric Disability Scale Short Form

Ozawa Akihiko, Kikuchi Emiko, Yaeda Jun

doi:10.24531/jhsaiih.24.1_32

Although there are scales that measure employer attitudes toward employing individuals with psychiatric disabilities from a multidimensional perspective, little work has been done to reduce the burden of answering relevant questionnaires. This study aimed to develop the Revised Attitudes toward Employment of Individuals with Psychiatric Disability Scale Short Form （ATEP II-SF）. The construct validity of ATEP II-SF scores was calculated for a total of 1,306 employers in three industries （［a］ Information and Communications; ［b］ Medical, Health Care and Welfare; and ［c］ Services, not elsewhere classified ［N.E.C.］）. Exploratory factor analysis yielded four factors （Employer Motivation for Hiring, Trustworthiness, Activity Limitation, and Attention Distribution）. Excellent and moderate Cronbach alphas （range from .79 to .92） and test-retest reliability coefficients （range from .51 to .80） indicated that scores from the ATEP II-SF were internally consistent and almost stable when measuring attitude components. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the four-factor model of the ATEP II-SF construct （goodness-of-fit index = .92, adjusted goodness-of-fit index = .87, root meansquare error of approximation = .07）. Items used in the ATEP II-SF were consistent with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and reflected positive and negative attitudes, and potential practical and empirical use. These results suggest that the ATEP II-SF could be useful in both practical and empirical settings.

Development and Validation of the Revised Attitudes toward Employment of Individuals with Psychiatric Disability Scale Short Form

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