Stigma and discrimination toward mental illness: Translation and validation of the Italian version of the attribution questionnaire-27 (AQ-27-I)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 993-999

  Pingani, Luca ^a   Forghieri, Matilde ^b   Ferrari, Silvia ^b   Ben Zeev, Dror ^c,d   Artoni, Paolo ^b   Mazzi, Fausto ^b   Palmieri, Gaspare ^e   Rigatelli, Marco ^b   Corrigan, Patrick W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Thresholds Research Institute   (United States)

^e Villa Igea Psychiatric Clinic   (Italy)

^f ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Reliability and validity; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84863722883     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0407-3     Document Type: Article

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