The Conceptual Adequacy of the Drug Attitude Inventory for Measuring Youth Attitudes toward Psychotropic Medications: A Mixed Methods Evaluation

Autor/inn/en	Townsend, Lisa; Floersch, Jerry; Findling, Robert L.
Titel	The Conceptual Adequacy of the Drug Attitude Inventory for Measuring Youth Attitudes toward Psychotropic Medications: A Mixed Methods Evaluation
Quelle	In: Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 4 (2010) 1, S.32-55 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-6898
DOI	10.1177/1558689809352469
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Attitudes; Adolescents; Drug Therapy; Attitude Measures; Intervention; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Adolescents are routinely treated with psychiatric medications; however, little is known about their attitudes toward pharmacological intervention. The authors used a concurrent triangulation, mixed methods design to assess whether the Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI), developed for adults, is suitable for measuring adolescent attitudes toward psychiatric medications. Factor analytic techniques and qualitative data were used to investigate whether the instrument provides comprehensive measurement of medication-related constructs in adolescents. Findings suggest that the DAI contributes to knowledge of youth attitudes toward psychotropic treatment; however, limitations were uncovered by the mixed methods approach. This study enhances the measurement and mixed methods literature by showing how qualitative and quantitative techniques served as parallel data reduction strategies for examining an instrument's utility with a new population. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10