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ArticleBMC psychiatry2024

Self-stigma in alcohol dependence scale: development and validity of the short form.

Sophia Rieckhof, Anya Leonhard, Stephanie Schindler, Juliane Lüders, Nicole Tschentscher, Sven Speerforck, Patrick W Corrigan, Georg Schomerus

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Sophia RieckhofDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. sophia.rieckhof@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
Anya LeonhardDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Stephanie SchindlerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Juliane LüdersDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Nicole TschentscherSpecialist Hospital Bethanien Hochweitzschen, Clinic for addiction medicine, Hochweitzschen, Germany.
Sven SpeerforckDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Patrick W CorriganDepartment of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.
Georg SchomerusDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

Funding

The Institute for Translational MedicineUL1TR002389 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Joshua J Jacobs, DAVID O MELTZER · 2017 to 2026
$71.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSelf-stigma is associated with low self-esteem, high shame and reduced drinking-refusal self-efficacy in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The Self-Stigma in Alcohol-Dependence Scale-Short Form (SSAD-SF) was designed to enable a brief, but valid assessment of AUD self-stigma.

methodsWe reduced the 64-item SSAD, originally derived from 16 stereotypes towards people with AUD, by removing the most offensive items based on perspectives of people with lived experience. The newly created scale was then assessed and validated in a cross-sectional study involving 156 people reporting alcohol issues in various treatment settings.

resultsThe 20-item SSAD-SF includes five stereotypes, with good internal consistency for each subscale and the overall scale. It reflects the four-stage progressive model of self-stigmatization with decreasing scores over the stages awareness of stereotypes, agreement with stereotypes, self-application of stereotypes, and harmful consequences for self-esteem, and highest correlations between adjacent stages. The subscales apply and harm were associated with internalized stigma, shame, reduced self-esteem, and lower drinking-refusal self-efficacy, as supported by multivariate regression models. DISCUSSION: The SSAD-SF is a valid instrument for measuring the process of self-stigmatization in people with AUD. Self-stigma is a consistent predictor of reduced self-esteem, higher shame and lower drinking-refusal self-efficacy in people with AUD. We discuss merits of the progressive model for understanding and addressing self-stigma in AUD.

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AlcoholismSelf ConceptSocial StigmaAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSelf EfficacyShameStereotypingSurveys and QuestionnairesAddictionInternalized stigmaQuestionnaire validationSubstance abuse

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PMCPMC11515145

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