Stigma and Discrimination in People Suffering with a Mood Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Reliability coefficients for the 7-item Stigma Impact Scale.

Scale item	Bipolar Disorder (N = 57*)		Depression (N = 62*)
	Mean (SD)	Item-rest correlation	Mean (SD)	Item-rest correlation
On a scale where 0 is the lowest possible amount, and 10 is the highest possible amount, how much has stigma affected you personally?
Quality of life	5.6 (2.8)	.67	4.7 (3.0)	.72
Social contacts	5.9 (3.3)	.70	5.3 (3.1)	.74
Family relations	5.2 (3.5)	.56	3.7 (3.2)	.75
Self-esteem	6.2 (3.1)	.47	6.0 (3.3)	.67
On a scale where 0 is the lowest possible amount, and 10 is the highest possible amount, how much has stigma affected your family as a whole?
Quality of Life	4.8 (3.8)	.77	3.3 (3.3)	.75
Social Contacts	4.6 (3.8)	.82	3.2 (3.1)	.76
Family relations	5.3 (3.2)	.77	3.3 (3.2)	.76
Chronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient		.89		.91
Mean scale score (SD)^∗∗		37.5 (18.3)		29.5 (18.1)
CI		32.6–42.3		24.9–34.1

*Note reduced sample size. Only respondents who answered all scale questions are included in the above table. ^∗∗t (117 df) = 2.38, 𝑃=0.019.