ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2019
The Parents' Self-Stigma Scale: Development, Factor Analysis, Reliability, and Validity.
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Starting the Conversation (STC) - Web-based Group Intervention to Support Disclosure Decisions for Parents of Children With Mental Illness
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Psychological well-being and needs of parents and carers of children and young people with mental health difficulties: a quantitative systematic review with meta-analyses.BMJ mental health · 2024Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Socioemotional Strengths and Self-Stigma Experiences of Youth with ADHD and their Parents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Factors Associated With Parental Self-Efficacy in Adolescent Suicide Prevention: A Mixed Methods Study Protocol.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Parental health literacy in parents of adolescents aged 16-19: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- An ecological approach to caregiver burnout: interplay of self-stigma, family resilience, and caregiver needs among mothers of children with special needs.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Self-Stigma of Canadian Youth With ADHD and Their Parents.Journal of attention disorders · 2024Article
- Self-compassion mitigates the cognitive, affective, and social impact of courtesy stigma on parents of autistic children.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Child self-care autonomy in health (scale for parents): development, internal structure, and sex/age correlates.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Investigating the experiences of family caregivers who shackle people with mental disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Rupture, repair, the loss and re-construction of identity: Seeking support in situations of adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Factors Related to Perceived Stigma in Parents of Children and Adolescents in Outpatient Mental Healthcare.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Vicarious Stigma and Self-Stigma Experienced by Parents of Children with Mental Health and/or Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Community mental health journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
For parents of children with a mental health disorder, self-stigma can negatively impact their self-esteem and empowerment. Although measures of self-stigma exist, these have not been created in consultation with parents of children with a mental health disorder. Thus, the aim of this study was to construct a new scale based on parents' experiences and developed in partnership with parents through participatory action research (PAR). Draft items that reflect parents' self-stigmas were drawn from qualitative research. A PAR group further developed these items for conceptual and experiential representativeness, and wording suitability and interpretability. With data from 424 parents of children with a mental health disorder, factor analyses indicated three factors: self-blame, self-shame, and bad-parent self-beliefs. These factors were negatively correlated with self-esteem and empowerment. Internal consistencies were acceptable. In sum, parent self-stigma is best operationalised as including self-blame, self-shame, and bad-parent self-beliefs. A valid, PAR-informed measure is provided to promote consistent, authentic, and sensitive measurement of these components.
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