Endorsed and anticipated stigma inventory (EASI): A tool for assessing beliefs about mental illness and mental health treatment among military personnel and veterans

Psychological Services

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-113

  Vogt, Dawne ^a,b   Di Leone, Brooke A L ^a   Wang, Joyce M ^a   Sayer, Nina A ^c,d   Pineles, Suzanne L ^a,b   Litz, Brett T ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Military; Stigma; VA health care use; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOLDIER; STANDARD; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84894416925     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032780     Document Type: Article

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