Psychometric evaluation of the internalized stigma of mental illness scale for patients with mental illnesses: measurement invariance across time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current investigation examined the psychometric properties of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale in a sample of patients with mental illness. In addition to the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity that previous studies have tested for the ISMI, we extended the evaluation to its construct validity and measurement invariance using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

Methods

Three hundred forty-seven participants completed two questionnaires (i.e., the ISMI and the Depression and Somatic Symptoms Scale [DSSS]), and 162 filled out the ISMI again after 50.23±31.18 days.

Results

The results of this study confirmed the frame structure of the ISMI; however, the Stigma Resistance subscale in the ISMI seemed

SUBMITTER: Chang CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4041772 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature