Open Access<p>Validation of the Chinese Version of the Shame and Stigma Scale in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer</p>
Author(s) -
WeiTing Tseng,
Lu Yu,
ChiFa Hung,
PaoYen Lin,
ChihYen Chien,
HuiChing Chuang,
FuMin Fang,
Shau-Hsuan Li,
Tai-Lin Huang,
MianYoon Chong,
LiangJen Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s228843
Subject(s) - shame , cronbach's alpha , clinical psychology , construct validity , psychology , concurrent validity , population , exploratory factor analysis , rating scale , anxiety , psychiatry , psychometrics , medicine , social psychology , developmental psychology , internal consistency , environmental health
Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients suffer from perceived shame and stigma due to the illness diagnosis, as well as disfigurement following surgery. To measure HNC patients' perception of shame and stigma, the Shame and Stigma Scale (SSS) was developed and preliminarily validated. In this study, we aimed to translate, adapt, and validate the SSS in Chinese.