Stigma and intellectual disability: A review of related measures and future directions

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 748-765

  Werner, Shirli ^a   Corrigan, Patrick ^b   Ditchman, Nicole ^b   Sokol, Kristin ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Measurement; Scale; Stigma; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST TO MEASURE CHILDREN ATTITUDE; AFFILIATE STIGMA SCALE; ATTITUDE BEHAVIOR SCALE MENTAL RETARDATION; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; ATTITUDES TO DISABILITY SCALE; ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL RETARDATION; ATTITUDES TOWARD PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; BEHAVIORAL INTENT SCALE; CAREGIVERS BURDEN SCALE STIGMA DOMAIN; CONFIDENCE AT MEETING ITEMS; EXPERIENCE OF STIGMA CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL RETARDATION ATTITUDE INVENTORY REVISED; MODERN AND CLASSICAL ATTITUDES SCALE TOWARD PEOPLE WITH ID; PARENT PERCEIVED REACTIONS OF OTHERS; PEER ATTITUDES TOWARD THE HANDICAPPED SCALE; PICTOGRAPHIC SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCALE OF CHILDRENS ATTITUDE TOWARD HANDICAPS; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SEMI PROJECTIVE EMOTIONAL ATTITUDES TOWARD MILD AND SEVERE MENTAL RETARDATION; SOCIAL COMPARISON SCALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STIGMA; STIGMA SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHIBANA AND WATANABE SCALE; TEST OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MENTAL RETARDATION; TOOL TO MEASURE SELF PERCEIVED STIGMA; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84855256503     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.10.009     Document Type: Review

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