The purposes of the present study were to explore the hierarchical factor structure of the IAS in a nonclinical sample of young adult volunteers and to examine the relations of each illness attitudes dimension to a set of anxiety-related measures. The Illness Attitudes Scale (IAS) is a self-rated measure that consists of nine subscales designed to assess fears, attitudes and beliefs associated with hypochondriacal concerns and abnormal illness behavior. Illness Attitudes Scale dimensions and their associations with anxiety-related constructs in a nonclinical sample. The factor analysis defined four scale factors: mental illness mythology, antimedical model, social deviance control, and anti-coercive treatment. The study was an attempt to construct an attitude scale to measure the radical psychosocial or libertarian position about "mental illness" and mental health practices. All rights reserved.Īttitudes toward Mental Illness: The Construction of the Libertarian Mental Health Ideology Scale.ĮRIC Educational Resources Information Center The CATIS is a psychometrically sound self-report instrument for measuring illness attitudes and demonstrates clinical utility for examining adjustment outcomes across chronic illnesses, particularly pediatric epilepsy. Mixed findings were reported with regard to the relation between illness attitudes and demographic and disease variables, as well as both social and family functioning. Initial support exists for the relation between illness attitudes and externalizing behavior, academic functioning, and psychosocial care needs. The CATIS scores were reliably associated with cognitive appraisal variables and internalizing symptoms. Although originally developed for children ages 8-12, the CATIS has demonstrated reliability and validity in youth ages 8-22. The CATIS was identified as a reliable and valid self-report assessment tool across chronic illnesses, including pediatric epilepsy. Electronic searches were conducted using Medline and PsychINFO to identify twenty-two relevant publications. This review includes an examination of the psychometric properties of the CATIS and the relationship between the CATIS and psychological, academic, behavioral, and illness variables. The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature utilizing the Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale (CATIS) as a measure of illness attitudes within pediatric chronic illness, including epilepsy, and provide recommendations for its use. Ramsey, Rachelle R Ryan, Jamie L Fedele, David A Mullins, Larry L Chaney, John M Wagner, Janelle L Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale (CATIS): A systematic review of the literature.
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