caa a22 4500 445849274 CHVBK 20180317145408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-010-9298-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-010-9298-0 An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Burden Assessment Scale with a Sample of African-American Families [Elektronische Daten] [Joseph Guada, Helen Land, Jina Han] It remains unclear if the factor structures of commonly used caregiver burden scales normed on white samples are similar with samples from different ethnic communities. Our study tests the factor structure of the Burden Assessment Scale (BAS) using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with data from low-income, African American families caring for a family member with schizophrenia. The EFA solution included a 2 factor structure of subjective burden and objective burden with strong loadings demonstrating a clear differentiation between the factors. Our results suggest that low income, African American families appear to experience caregiving burden as one major or broad component in their lives similar to other areas that demand ongoing coping and adaptation. Likewise, the factor structure found with this sample as compared to the factor structure found with white samples suggests differences in the perception of and/or the reporting of burden. Study limitations as well as implications for practice are provided. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Burden Assessment Scale nationallicence Schizophrenia nationallicence African Americana families nationallicence Psychometric properties nationallicence Ethnicity nationallicence Caregiver burden nationallicence Guada Joseph The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, 1947 College Road, 325G Stillman Hall, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut Land Helen University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, 90089-0411, Los Angeles, CA, USA aut Han Jina The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, 1947 College Road, 325G Stillman Hall, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/2(2011-04-01), 233-242 0010-3853 47:2<233 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9298-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9298-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guada Joseph The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, 1947 College Road, 325G Stillman Hall, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Land Helen University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, 90089-0411, Los Angeles, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Han Jina The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, 1947 College Road, 325G Stillman Hall, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/2(2011-04-01), 233-242 0010-3853 47:2<233 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer