School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, 58 Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4215, Australia.
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Southport, Australia.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Jul;55(7):941-951. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01820-9. Epub 2020 Jan 2.
Stigma is a common barrier to mental health professionals (MHPs) seeking help for occupational stress and burnout, although there is a lack of psychometrically sound tools to measure this construct. The current study aimed to develop and validate a scale (the Mental Health Professional Stigma Scale; MHPSS) for this purpose.
The MHPSS and related measures were completed by 221 Australian MHPs via online survey, with a subsample completing the MHPSS again 2 weeks after initial completion.
Exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor solution, comprising of 13 items and accounting for 50.16% of variance. Factors were Perceived Other Stigma, Perceived Structural Stigma, Personal Stigma, and Self stigma. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and validity of the scale were supported.
The MHPSS has utility to capture stigmatising attitudes and beliefs related to occupational stress and burnout among MHPs. It may be used to assist in the development and evaluation of initiatives to reduce stigma and increase help-seeking among MHPs.
污名是心理健康专业人员(MHPs)寻求职业压力和倦怠帮助的常见障碍,尽管缺乏衡量这一结构的心理测量学上健全的工具。本研究旨在为此目的开发和验证一个量表(心理健康专业人员污名量表;MHPSS)。
通过在线调查,221 名澳大利亚心理健康专业人员完成了 MHPSS 及相关措施,其中一个子样本在初次完成后 2 周再次完成了 MHPSS。
探索性因素分析显示,有一个由 13 个项目组成的四因素解决方案,占方差的 50.16%。因素包括感知他人污名、感知结构性污名、个人污名和自我污名。该量表的内部一致性、重测信度和效度得到了支持。
MHPSS 可用于捕捉与 MHPs 职业压力和倦怠相关的污名化态度和信念。它可用于协助制定和评估减少污名和增加 MHPs 寻求帮助的举措。