Internalized stigma among patients with mood disorders in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional facility-based study

Table 3 Summary of Cronbach’s Alpha of the scales used in comparison with other studies

Subscales	Finding from this study	Girma et al. [13]	Brohan et al. [37]	Ghanean [38]
Alienation	0.90	0.84	0.83	0.84
Stereotype	0.79	0.73	0.81	0.71
Discrimination	0.88	0.79	0.83	0.87
Withdrawal	0.95	0.77	0.85	0.85
Overall 24 ISMI scales	0.95	0.89	0.94	–
Stigma resistance scale	0.87	0.65	0.59	0.63
Self-esteem scale	0.80
WHODAS II (the 12 items)	0.96

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