Al Omari Omar, Abu Shindi Yousef, Al Sabei Sulaiman, Al Qadire Mohammad, Al Hashmi Iman, Khalaf Atika
College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
College of Education, Psychology Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Iran J Psychiatry. 2023 Jul;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.18502/ijps.v18i3.13007.
Attitudes toward mental difficulties are influenced by culture, and different cultural backgrounds have different effects on people's behavior. This study aimed to prepare the Arabic version of the Peer Mental Health Stigmatization Scale (PMHSS) and validate it among Omani adolescents. The study was conducted from October 2020 to the end of February 2021. The 24-items PMHSS was translated into Arabic and tested in a sample of 369 adolescents from different governmental schools in Oman. Both exploratory factor analysis (a principal component analysis (PCA) technique with Varimax rotation) and confirmatory factor analysis were performed to examine the construct validity of the PMHSS. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the PMHSS. Cronbach's α was 0.86 for the total scale and 0.84 and 0.81 for awareness and agreement, respectively. Therefore, the goodness-of fit-indicators support the two-correlated factor 16-item model to measure stigma (χ2 / df = 2.64 (p > 0.001), GFI = 0.92, AGFI = 0.89, CFI = 0.90, IFI = 0.90, RMSEA = 0.067). The Arabic version of the Peer Mental Health Stigmatization Scale (PMHSS) could assess adolescents' stigmatizing attitudes toward various types of mental health problems within the Arabic context, and it can be utilized by researchers in Arab countries to screen for stigmatizing attitudes and to suggest suitable, effective, and outcome-focused interventions based on its results.
对心理问题的态度受文化影响，不同的文化背景对人们的行为有不同影响。本研究旨在编制《同伴心理健康污名化量表》（PMHSS）的阿拉伯语版本，并在阿曼青少年中进行效度验证。该研究于2020年10月至2021年2月底进行。将包含24个条目的PMHSS翻译成阿拉伯语，并在阿曼不同公立学校的369名青少年样本中进行测试。采用探索性因素分析（运用主成分分析（PCA）技术并进行方差最大化旋转）和验证性因素分析来检验PMHSS的结构效度。进行验证性因素分析以检验PMHSS的结构效度。总量表的Cronbach's α系数为0.86，知晓度和认同度的系数分别为0.84和0.81。因此，拟合优度指标支持用两相关因素16条目模型来测量污名化（χ2 / df = 2.64（p > 0.001），GFI = 0.92，AGFI = 0.89，CFI = 0.90，IFI = 0.90，RMSEA = 0.067）。《同伴心理健康污名化量表》（PMHSS）的阿拉伯语版本能够在阿拉伯语背景下评估青少年对各类心理健康问题的污名化态度，阿拉伯国家的研究人员可利用该量表筛查污名化态度，并根据其结果提出合适、有效且以结果为导向的干预措施。
