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King, Michael, Dinos, Sokratis, Shaw, Jenifer, Watson, Robert, Stevens, Scott, Passetti, Filippo, Weich, Scott and Serfaty, Marc. (2007) The Stigma Scale: development of a standardised measure of the stigma of mental illness. British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.190 (No.3). pp. 248-254. ISSN 0007-1250
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.024638
Abstract
Background There is concern about the stigma of mental illness, but it is difficult to measure stigma consistently. Aims To develop a standardised instrumentto measure the stigma of mental illness. Method We used qualitative data from interviews with mental health service users to develop a pilot scale with 42 items. We recruited 193 service users in order to standardise the scale. Of these, 93 were asked to complete the questionnaire twice, 2 weeks apart, of whom 60 (65%) did so. items with a test-retest reliability kappa coefficient of 0.4 or greater were retained and subjected to common factor analysis. Results The final 28-item stigma scale has a three-factor structure: the first concerns discrimination, the second disclosure and the third potential positive aspects of mental illness. Stigma scale scores were negatively correlated with global self-esteem. Conclusions This self-report questionnaire, which can be completed in 5-10 min, may help us understand more about the role of stigma of psychiatric illness in research and clinical settings. Declaration of interest None.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Psychiatry |
| Publisher: | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| ISSN: | 0007-1250 |
| Date: | March 2007 |
| Volume: | Vol.190 |
| Number: | No.3 |
| Number of Pages: | 7 |
| Page Range: | pp. 248-254 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.024638 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/32262 |
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