Development and validation of the Self-Stigma Questionnaire (SSQ) for people with schizophrenia and its relation to social functioning

Self-stigma specifically in people with schizophrenia has been little studied. The aims of the present study were to validate a new instrument for the assessment of self-stigma (SSQ) and to assess the relationship between self-stigma and social functioning in people with schizophrenia. A sample of 76 people with schizophrenia was assessed at two moments in time with the SSQ, the PDD (stigma), two scales of social functioning (LSP, SFS), and a scale of general functioning (GAF). The results indicated that SSQ presented good psychometric properties, with Cronbach’s alpha ranging between 0.75 and 0.901.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Susana Ochoa, Francisco Martínez-Zambrano, Mar Garcia-Franco, Sonia Vilamala, Maria Ribas, Oti Arenas, Esther Garcia-Morales, Irene Álvarez, Gemma Escartin, Raul Villellas, Maria Jose Escandell, Mónica Martínez-Raves, Elisabeth López-Arias, Christian Source Type: research