Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale.

ISMI

What it measures

Self-stigma in people with mental illness across 5 subscales - Alienation, Stereotype Endorsement, Perceived Discrimination, Social Withdrawal, and Stigma Resistance

Length and format

29; brief forms ISMI-10 and ISMI-9. 4-pt Likert (1 strongly disagree - 4 strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

30+ langs - a multinational review documents validated versions in TR, ZH, FA, ES, PT, SV, HE, AR, JA, KO, PL and others (approx)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Ritsher, J.B., Otilingam, P.G., & Grajales, M. (2003). Internalized stigma of mental illness: psychometric properties of a new measure. Psychiatry Research, 121(1), 31-49.