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Impact of health‐related stigma on psychosocial functioning in the general population: Construct validity and Swedish reference data for the Stigma‐related Social Problems scale (SSP).
- Source :
- Research in Nursing & Health; Feb2019, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p72-81, 10p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Felt stigma is an internalized sense of shame about having an unwanted condition, along with fear of discrimination. The Stigma‐related Social Problems (SSP) scale was constructed to measure the impact of health‐related stigma on psychosocial functioning in people with different diseases and disorders. The performance of the SSP scale was tested in 3,422 subjects from the general population (Mid‐Swed Health Survey) and in subgroups according to gender, age, occupation, and education. The homogeneity and construct validity of the Distress and Avoidance scales were confirmed by exploratory factor analysis and the two factors were accurately reproduced across gender and age subgroups. The internal consistency reliability was high for both the Distress and Avoidance scales. Reliability coefficients were above the 0.90 standard for the Distress scale in all subgroups and for the Avoidance scale in most subgroups. The SSP scale is an instrument with sound psychometric properties that can be used to identify psychosocial disturbances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
AVOIDANCE (Psychology)
CHI-squared test
CHRONIC diseases
STATISTICAL correlation
DISCRIMINANT analysis
EMPLOYMENT
EXPERIMENTAL design
FACTOR analysis
HEALTH status indicators
LIFE skills
RESEARCH methodology
PSYCHOMETRICS
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
RESEARCH evaluation
RISK assessment
SOCIAL isolation
STATISTICS
SOCIAL stigma
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
T-test (Statistics)
DATA analysis
POPULATION health
MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
ONE-way analysis of variance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01606891
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Research in Nursing & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134576380
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21924