@article{ref1,
title="Measuring recurring stigma in the lives of individuals with mental illness",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2018",
author="Ezell, Jerel M. and Choi, Chien-Wen Jean and Wall, Melanie M. and Link, Bruce G.",
volume="54",
number="1",
pages="27-32",
abstract="We present an exploratory factor analysis of the 8-item Daily Indignities of Mental Illness (DIMI) scale, created to measure the detection and perceptions of recurring stigma among individuals with recent psychiatric hospitalizations. Structured in-person interviews were conducted with individuals with recent psychiatric hospitalizations in metropolitan New York. The 8-item DIMI scale's internal consistency for the sample (n = 65), measured by Cronbach's alpha, was 0.869. Statistically significantly higher DIMI scale scores were observed among individuals with more than 2 psychotic episodes and those reporting seeing relatives less often after hospitalization. The DIMI scale possesses good internal consistency for research contextualizing perceptions around the occurrence or recurrence of mental illness-related stigma among individuals with recent psychiatric hospitalizations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-017-0156-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0156-1"
}