Open AccessDevelopment of the Breast Cancer Stigma Scale for Arab Patients
Author(s) -
Mashael F. Dewan,
Dena Hassouneh,
MinKyoung Song,
Karen S. Lyons
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2349-6673
pISSN - 2347-5625
DOI - 10.4103/apjon.apjon_14_20
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , breast cancer , convergent validity , content validity , clinical psychology , stigma (botany) , breast cancer awareness , scale (ratio) , medicine , psychology , validity , cancer , psychiatry , oncology , psychometrics , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics
Health-related stigma is associated with depression, but there is a lack of studies examining the stigma of cancer in Arab patients. The purpose of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of a newly developed, culturally sensitive measure of stigma among Arab women with breast cancer.