The Prejudice towards People with Mental Illness (PPMI) scale: structure and validity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there is a substantial body of research on the stigma associated with mental illness, much of the extant research has not explicitly focused on the concept of prejudice, which drives discriminatory behaviour. Further, research that has investigated prejudice towards people with mental illness has conceptual, theoretical and psychometric limitations. To address these shortcomings, we sought to develop a new measure, the Prejudice towards People with Mental Illness (PPMI) scale, based on an improved conceptualisation and integration of the stigma and prejudice areas of research.

Methods

In developing the new scale, we undertook a thematic analysis of existing conceptualisations and measures to identify a pool of potential items for the scale which were subs

SUBMITTER: Kenny A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142319 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature