Psychometric assessment of the EMIC Stigma Scale for Brazilians affected by leprosy

Background The Stigma Scale of the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC-SS) is a useful option to investigate leprosy-related stigma, but its psychometric qualities are unknown in Brazil. This study investigated the factor structure, the convergent and known-groups validity, and the reliabili...

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Main Authors: Fabiane Frota da Rocha Morgado, Erika Maria Kopp Xavier da Silveira, Lilian Pinheiro Rodrigues do Nascimento, Anna Maria Sales, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Ximena Illarramendi, Lucy Busija
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498031/?tool=EBI