Volume : 09, Issue : 04, April – 2022
Title:
50.IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING STIGMA IN ADOLESCENTS GETTING MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF THE PEDIATRIC SELF-STIGMATIZATION SCALE
Authors :
Dr Iqra Shoukat, Dr Muhammad Saad
Abstract :
Aim: There has been little evidence on the effects of stigma linked having psychiatric condition on adolescents. Given the well-documented detrimental impacts of stigma related through mental disease in adulthood, this is critical to investigate stigma encountered through students seeking mental health care. Too far, nothing scales for evaluating self-stigmatization in smaller kids is accessible. The Pediatric Self-Stigmatization Scale was created and validated in this research.
Methods: The Paeds, Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents, and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory were performed by 167 children aged 9–13 years (121 getting outpatient therapy and 39 getting inpatient treatment). In addition, participants filled PedsQL (Parental Statement for Kids, ages 9–13), Qualities and Challenges Questionnaire, in addition the customized subscale of Paeds, which measures the children’s acceptance by others owing to cognitive impairments.
Results: A factor analyses revealed that a four-factor structure consisting of measures for Societal Devaluation, Personal Rejected, Self-Stigma, in addition Secrecy matched information very well (CFI = 0.97; TLI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.05). Kid-described Paeds scores associated favorably overall parental-described Paeds scores in addition negatively through Peds QL, SDQ, and 6 of 7 subscales of Self-Perception Profile for Toddlers, indicating sufficient composite reliability (altogether P-values 0.06).
Conclusion: The Paeds remains the viable tool that, it is anticipated, would better understand of self-stigmatization in students through psychological health problems and assist to their avoidance.
Keywords: Psychiatric, Stigma, Pediatric Self-Stigmatization Scale.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Iqra Shoukat et al, Identifying And Evaluating Stigma In Adolescents Getting Mental Health Care Of The Pediatric Self-Stigmatization Scale ., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2022; 09(04).,
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