ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Development of the Japanese Version of the Infertility Stigma Scale: Examination of Its Reliability and Validity.
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- Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes in Japanese Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome: A Single-Center Study.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2026Article
- Autonomy under pressure: a scoping review of social egg freezing in the bottom quintile of the gender gap index.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of the Infertility Public Stigma Scale for Japanese women: protocol for an exploratory sequential mixed method study of the Japanese population.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- [The Reliability and Validity of Korean Version of the Infertility Stigma Scale (K-ISS)].Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing · 2022Article
- Associations between Stigma, Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies and Stress Responses among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association between Stigma and Anxiety, Depression, and Psychological Distress among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The stigma of infertility negatively affects health, resulting in mental distress and poor quality of life. An appropriate scale is essential to examine the stigma experienced by infertile women and provide adequate interventions. Therefore, we developed a Japanese version of the Infertility Stigma Scale (ISS). After examining the content validity of this scale, we conducted an online survey of women undergoing fertility treatment to test the scale’s structural validity, internal consistency, intra-rater reliability, known-groups validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. A total of 254 participants were included in the analysis. The results of confirmatory factor analysis of four factors based on the original scale revealed the optimal fit. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.95 for the total score. Concerning test−retest analysis, the total score of the ISS and subscale had a high Spearman correlation coefficient (ρ = 0.61−0.88, p < 0.001). For convergent validity, the association between the ISS and social support, self-esteem, and family functioning was significantly negatively correlated. The results of the multitrait scaling analysis scale showed that correlations of all items exceeded 0.40, and scaling errors (7/81, 8.6%) were few. The Japanese version of the ISS was confirmed to have acceptable reliability and validity.
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