Questionnaires on stigmatizing attitudes among healthcare students in Taiwan: development and validation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:People may be stigmatized if they have mental illness, emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), or physical or intellectual disabilities. Being stigmatized adversely affects one's psychological well-being and quality of life. While occupational therapists frequently work with people with EBD and disabilities, all healthcare practitioners may encounter these populations, and stigmatizing attitudes of healthcare professionals towards such clients can negatively affect the therapeutic relationship, evaluation, and treatment. Therefore, understanding attitudes of healthcare students-as future practitioners in all fields of healthcare-towards people in this regard is fundamental to the future implementation of anti-stigma programs. We aimed to develop and test questionnaires for exa

SUBMITTER: Ma HI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045580 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature