Tali Heiman, Dorit Olenik-Shemesh
Social-Emotional Profile of Children with and without Learning Disabilities: The Relationships with Perceived Loneliness, Self-Efficacy and Well-Being
International journal of environmental research and public health
understanding root cause mental illness stigma necessary adopt effective management strategies establish stable effective textpicture integration rating scale predict public perspectives mental illness examine reliability validity descriptive crosssectional study using internet survey data online two hundred volunteers 10item textpicture integration scale perspectives mental illness developed authors conducted data analysis using spss evaluate reliability criterionrelated validity mental health literacy scale mhls textpicture integration scales itemlevel content validity index ranged 083 100 scalelevel content validity index 097 scale demonstrated acceptable reliability cronbachs 80 mean value individual items ranged 318 448 mean total score 3944 sd 847 textpicture integration scale exhibited satisfactory criterionrelated validity mhls r 76 p 001 preliminary analyses support textpicture integration scale stable effective rating scale determine public perspectives mental illness appropriate evaluating destigmatization efforts plainlanguage summary study findings support use textpicture integration scale stable effective rating scale determine public perspectives mental illness scale also appropriate evaluating ways address stigmas people associate mental illness pose challenges people recovery occupational therapists leverage understanding public perspectives mental illness choosing interventions support overall wellbeing clients mental illness