Caregiver Assessment of Socioemotional Functioning in People Living With Neurodegenerative Disease (Part 1): Construct Validity of a New Measure.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Neurodegenerative diseases cause socioemotional changes that are commonly measured using laboratory-based assessments. However, these assessments can be labor-, cost-, and time-intensive. We aim to establish the psychometric properties of a novel informant-rated measure, the Caregiver Assessment of Socioemotional Functioning (CASEF).

Research design and methods

Using 3 independent samples including 366 informal caregivers and their 366 care recipients with a variety of neurodegenerative diseases and 240 neurotypical individuals, we conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to establish the structural validity of the CASEF. Additionally, to establish convergent validity, we compared caregiver reports of socioemotional functioning to care

SUBMITTER: Otero MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12048799 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature