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Measuring internalized health-related stigma across health conditions: development and validation of the I-HEARTS Scale.
Authors
Pearl RL, Li Y, Groshon LC, Hernandez M, Saunders D, Sheynblyum M, Driscoll KA, Gelfand JM, Manavalan P, Montanez-Wiscovich M, Pereira DB, Puhl RM, Wadden TA, Waxenberg LB, Westen SC, Lou XYAbstract
Health-related stigma and its internalization among individuals with chronic health conditions contribute to impaired mental and physical health and quality of life. Research on health-related stigma has been siloed, with disease-specific measures that may not capture the experiences of individuals with multiple health conditions and that prevent comparisons across health conditions. The current study aimed to develop and test a transdiagnostic measure of internalized health-related stigma for use among adults with different physical health conditions.