Development of a scale to assess cancer stigma in the non-patient population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Illness-related stigma has attracted considerable research interest, but few studies have specifically examined stigmatisation of cancer in the non-patient population. The present study developed and validated a Cancer Stigma Scale (CASS) for use in the general population.

Methods

An item pool was developed on the basis of previous research into illness-related stigma in the general population and patients with cancer. Two studies were carried out. The first study used Exploratory factor analysis to explore the structure of items in a sample of 462 postgraduate students recruited through a London university. The second study used Confirmatory factor analysis to confirm the structure among 238 adults recruited through an online market research panel. Internal relia

SUBMITTER: Marlow LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4021096 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature