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ArticleMilitary psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association2024

Assessing the dimensionality and construct validity of the military stigma scale across current service members.

Carlos A Vidales, Derek J Smolenski, Nancy A Skopp, David Vogel, Nathaniel Wade, Sean Sheppard, Katrina Speed, Kristina Hood, Patricia Cartwright

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Carlos A VidalesDepartment of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Derek J SmolenskiPsychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4767-075X
Nancy A SkoppPsychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
David VogelDepartment of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Nathaniel WadeDepartment of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Sean SheppardUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Madigan Army Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Katrina SpeedDepartment of Psychology, Mississippi State University (MSU), Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Kristina HoodDepartment of Psychology, Mississippi State University (MSU), Tacoma, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4817-9882
Patricia CartwrightDepartment of Psychology, Mississippi State University (MSU), Tacoma, Washington, USA.

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Substance Use and HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Training ProgramR25DA028567 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Julia Lechuga, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2009 to 2026
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NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA028567
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Abstract

US service members are at elevated risk for distress and suicidal behavior, compared to the general US population. However, despite the availability of evidence-based treatments, only 40% of Service members in need of mental health care seek help. One potential reason for the lower use of services is that service members experience stigma or concerns that the act of seeking mental health care from a mental health provider carries a mark of disgrace. The Military Stigma Scale (MSS) was designed to assess two theoretical dimensions of help-seeking stigma (public and self), specifically among service members. The goal of the current study was to further examine the validity of the MSS among 347 active duty service members. Examination of unidimensional, two-factor, and bifactor models revealed that a bifactor model, with a general (overall stigma), two specific factors (public and self-stigma), and one method factor (accounting for negatively worded items) provided the best fit to the data. Ancillary reliability analyses also supported the MSS measuring a broad stigma factor associated with seeking mental health care in the military. Subsequent model analyses showed that the MSS was associated with other stigma-related constructs. Overall, findings suggest that the MSS is a reliable and validated scale that can be used to assess military help-seeking stigma and to evaluate results of programs designed to reduce stigma.

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Military PersonnelHumansMental HealthReproducibility of ResultsSocial StigmaSuicidal IdeationMental health stigmamilitarypublic stigmaseeking careself-stigma

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PMID38193877
PMCPMC10790807

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