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The Development of a Questionnaire to Explore Stigma from the Perspective of Individuals With Serious Mental Illness

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
2 July 2012

Abstract

The stigma associated with mental illness impacts individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). We developed a questionnaire to explore stigma from the perspective of individuals with SMI. In the first of two studies, we examined content validity, internal consistency, and convergent validity. In Study 2 we explored test-retest reliability, interrater reliability, and concurrent validity. Internal consistency reliability was high (Cronbach's α = 0.852), convergent validity (p < 0.001) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.75) were demonstrated, while analyses of concurrent validity were in the expected direction (p < 0.01). The final questionnaire is short with good psychometric properties.

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Le stigmate associé à la maladie mentale impacte sur les gens ayant une maladie mentale sérieuse (MMS). Nous avons développé un questionnaire pour explorer le stigmate de la perspective des gens ayant une MMS. Dans la première de deux études, nous avons évalué la validité du contenu, la cohérence interne, et la validité convergente. Dans la deuxième étude nous avons évalué la fiabilité test-retest, la fiabilité interévaluateur, et la validité concomitante. La cohérence interne a été démontrée par la forte valeur du alpha standardisé (test de Cronbach = 0,852). La validité convergente (p < 0.001) et un coefficient de fiabilité test-retest de 0.75 ont été démontrés et les analyses de la validité concomitante on été dans la direction prévu (p < 0.01). Le questionnaire final est court et possède d'excellentes propriétés psychométriques.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 31Number 1April 2012
Pages: 17 - 32

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Version of record online: 2 July 2012

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  1. stigma
  2. serious mental illness
  3. questionnaire

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  1. stigmate
  2. maladie mentale sévère
  3. questionnaire

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Carrie Gibbons
St. Joseph's Care Group
Sacha Dubois
St. Joseph's Care Group
Kelly Morris
St. Joseph's Care Group
Barbara Parker
Hillary Maxwell
St. Joseph's Care Group
Michel Bédard
Centre for Research on Safe Driving, Lakehead University, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and St. Joseph's Care Group

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