title: Stigma and intellectual disability: a review of related measures and future directions.
abstract: The theoretical construct of stigma has received much attention in psychiatric disability research, leading to the development of widely used measures. Such measures have had real world impact in that they allow for the assessment of stigma change efforts. The study of stigma has not received the same level of attention for persons with intellectual disabilities. In this manuscript we evaluate existing measures of intellectual disability stigma through a systematic review of the literature. Twenty-four scales were reviewed and evaluated. Findings indicate a paucity of stigma measures based on theoretical conceptualizations pointing to a need for further development of measures to pursue the study of public, self, and family stigma as related to intellectual disability.
authors: The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. shirlior@mscc.huji.ac.il
authors: Shirli
authors: S
authors: Werner
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Corrigan
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Ditchman
authors: Kristin
authors: K
authors: Sokol
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D013240:Stereotyping