title: Translation and validation of the German version of the weight self-stigma questionnaire (WSSQ).
abstract: The experience of stigmatization is widespread among obese patients. The aim of the present study was to translate the English version of the weight self-stigma questionnaire (WSSQ) into German and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the German version in a sample of severely obese persons. Between March and June 2013, in the Outpatient Department of Obesity, University Hospital Heidelberg, 94 obese patients were recruited consecutively. A comprehensive questionnaire was completed by the participants. Significant correlations between WSSQ scores and mental quality of life, weight-related quality of life, depression, shame, guilt, and psychological distress all demonstrated the construct validity of the German version of the WSSQ. Patients with a BMI ≥ 50 showed a significantly higher self-stigma compared to patients with a BMI between 35 and 50.
authors: Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Bernhard
authors: B
authors: Hain
authors: Lorena
authors: L
authors: Langer
authors: Katharina
authors: K
authors: Hünnemeyer
authors: Gottfried
authors: G
authors: Rudofsky
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Zech
authors: Beate
authors: B
authors: Wild
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult