| dc.description.abstract | individuals who experience workplace injuries or illnesses also experience societal stigma
related to their injured identity. such stigmatization takes place in the form of stereotyping,
prejudice from others, and unethical actions and often occurs in multiple facets of an injured
worker’s life. the injured worker can also internalize the pervasive stigma; self-stigmatization
has been linked with adverse outcomes such as reduced help-seeking, increased shame, impeded
recovery, raised stress levels, lowered self-efficacy. however, there is currently no reliable
measure that accurately measures internalized stigma within injured workers. the current study
generated an initial item pool based on content from within the stigma and injured worker
literatures as well as interviews with six injured workers. seven knowledgeable individuals
assessed the relevance and representativeness of the items. item-level content validity index
values ranged from .14 to 1.00 (.09 to 1.00 when corrected for chance agreement with polit’s
modified kappa). qualitative feedback indicated a need for simplified language, trauma informed
questions, and further emphasis on the structural nature of stigma. given this feedback and a
scale-level content validity index value of .55, further revisions are needed to develop a valid
measure of internalized injured worker stigma. | en_us |
