Stuart Heather
Professor and Bell Canada Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Research Chair, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2017;54(1):18-23.
This paper describes mental health related stigma expressed by police to police using a newly developed 11-item Police Officer Stigma Scale and reports on the preliminary psychometric properties (factor structure and internal reliability) of this scale.
The scale used an indirect measurement approach adapted from the Perceived Devaluation and Discrimination Scale. Five themes appropriate to police culture were adapted and six additional items were added. Responses were rated on a 5-point agreement scale with an additional don't know option. Data were collected from officers attending a mandatory workshop (90.5% response).
Exploratory factor analysis showed the scale to be unidimensional and internally reliable (Cronbach's alpha was 0.82). The most endorsed items pertained to avoiding disclosure to a supervisor/manager or to a colleague (85% agreement), that most officers would expect discrimination at work (62%), and that most officers would not want a supervisor or manager who had a mental illness (62%).
Findings highlight that (a) Police-to-police mental illness stigma may be a particularly strong feature of police cultures; (b) police should be a focus for targeted anti-stigma interventions; and
本文使用新开发的包含11个条目的警官污名量表，描述警察对警察表达的与心理健康相关的污名，并报告该量表的初步心理测量特性（因子结构和内部信度）。
该量表采用了一种从感知贬值和歧视量表改编而来的间接测量方法。改编了五个适合警察文化的主题，并增加了六个额外的条目。回答采用5点同意量表，并增加了“不知道”选项。数据收集自参加强制研讨会的警官（回复率为90.5%）。
探索性因子分析表明该量表是单维的且内部信度良好（克朗巴哈系数为0.82）。认可度最高的条目包括避免向主管/经理或同事透露（85%的人同意）、大多数警官预计在工作中会受到歧视（62%）以及大多数警官不希望有患有精神疾病的主管或经理（62%）。
研究结果突出表明：（a）警察对警察的精神疾病污名可能是警察文化中一个特别突出的特征；（b）警察应成为针对性反污名干预措施的重点对象；并且
