Psychometric properties of the Dutch Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) and associations with personal and perceived stigma in a depressed and community sample

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Boerema, A M ^a,b   Van Zoonen, K ^c   Cuijpers, P ^a,b   Holtmaat, C J M ^a,b   Mokkink, L B ^b   Griffiths, K M ^d   Kleiboer, A M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION STIGMA SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983430999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160740     Document Type: Article

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