Attitudes About Mental Illness and Its Treatment: Validation of a Generic Scale for Public Health Surveillance of Mental Illness Associated Stigma

Overview

Journal Community Ment Health J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2009 Mar 31

PMID 19330448

Citations 37

Authors

Rosemarie Kobau

Colleen DiIorio

Daniel Chapman

Paolo Delvecchio

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test a brief instrument to monitor the U.S. public's attitudes about mental illness. A SAMHSA and CDC-led panel reached consensus through an iterative process to identify generic, multidimensional measures to test using a representative sample of 5,251 adults. Exploratory factor analysis revealed two subscales (Negative Stereotypes [alpha = 0.66]; Recovery and Outcomes [alpha = 0.69]). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the convergent validity of the two subscales. Subscale scores differed by sex, race/ethnicity, and experience with mental illness. Inclusion of these brief subscales on existing population-based surveys can help states and others track attitudes about mental illness.

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