Publications by authors named "Carlos A Vidales"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores mental health stigma from an interdependent perspective, focusing on how seeking help could negatively impact one's family reputation, as opposed to the independent perspective of personal stigma.
- Researchers developed the Interdependent Stigma of Seeking Help (ISSH) scale, validated it across eight countries, and found it to have good psychometric properties for research purposes.
- Results showed varying levels of ISSH across countries, with Hong Kong and Taiwan reporting higher stigma levels, suggesting that the scale could aid in understanding stigma's complexity and inform culturally relevant mental health interventions.
Measurement Invariance of the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2022
The current study assessed the measurement invariance of the Self-stigma of Mental Illness scale (SSOMI) across Chinese and US samples and assessed whether the SSOMI differentially relates to distress levels across Chinese and US participants. We included 487 participants in China and 550 in the US (mean age was 19.52 in China and 19.
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