| Title |
Measuring Recurring Stigma in the Lives of Individuals with Mental Illness
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Community Mental Health Journal, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10597-017-0156-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jerel M. Ezell, Chien-Wen Jean Choi, Melanie M. Wall, Bruce G. Link |
| Abstract |
We present an exploratory factor analysis of the 8-item Daily Indignities of Mental Illness (DIMI) scale, created to measure the detection and perceptions of recurring stigma among individuals with recent psychiatric hospitalizations. Structured in-person interviews were conducted with individuals with recent psychiatric hospitalizations in metropolitan New York. The 8-item DIMI scale's internal consistency for the sample (n = 65), measured by Cronbach's alpha, was 0.869. Statistically significantly higher DIMI scale scores were observed among individuals with more than 2 psychotic episodes and those reporting seeing relatives less often after hospitalization. The DIMI scale possesses good internal consistency for research contextualizing perceptions around the occurrence or recurrence of mental illness-related stigma among individuals with recent psychiatric hospitalizations. |
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| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Djibouti | 1 | 33% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
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| Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 20% |
| Unknown | 13 | 27% |
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