Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Crisis. 2013 Jan 1;34(1):13-21. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000156.
There are presently no validated scales to adequately measure the stigma of suicide in the community. The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a new scale containing 58 descriptors of a "typical" person who completes suicide.
To validate the SOSS as a tool for assessing stigma toward suicide, to examine the scale's factor structure, and to assess correlates of stigmatizing attitudes.
In March 2010, 676 staff and students at the Australian National University completed the scale in an online survey. The construct validity of the SOSS was assessed by comparing its factors with factors extracted from the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ).
Three factors were identified: stigma, isolation/depression, and glorification/normalization. Each factor had high internal consistency and strong concurrent validity with the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire. More than 25% of respondents agreed that people who suicided were "weak," "reckless," or "selfish." Respondents who were female, who had a psychology degree, or who spoke only English at home were less stigmatizing. A 16-item version of the scale also demonstrated robust psychometric properties.
The SOSS is the first attitudes scale designed to directly measure the stigma of suicide in the community. Results suggest that psychoeducation may successfully reduce stigma.
目前尚无经过验证的量表能够充分衡量社区中自杀的耻辱感。自杀耻辱量表（SOSS）是一个新的量表，包含 58 个描述“典型”自杀者的描述符。
验证 SOSS 作为评估对自杀的耻辱感的工具，检验该量表的因子结构，并评估污名化态度的相关性。
2010 年 3 月，澳大利亚国立大学的 676 名员工和学生在在线调查中完成了该量表。通过将 SOSS 的因子与自杀观点问卷（SOQ）中提取的因子进行比较，评估 SOSS 的结构效度。
确定了三个因子：耻辱感、孤立/抑郁和美化/正常化。每个因子都具有较高的内部一致性和与自杀观点问卷的强相关性。超过 25%的受访者认为自杀者是“软弱”、“鲁莽”或“自私”的。女性、具有心理学学位或在家只说英语的受访者较少带有污名化。该量表的 16 项版本也表现出了良好的心理测量特性。
SOSS 是第一个旨在直接衡量社区中自杀耻辱感的态度量表。结果表明，心理教育可能会成功减少耻辱感。
