Development and Validation of the <i>Internalized Care Stigma Scale</i> (ICSS): Measuring care stigma aimed at informal care for older adults in Germany
The ICSS is the first scale measuring internalized stigma targeting informal care for older adults directly and shows excellent psychometric criteria. It provides the necessary tool for a new approach to analyze the complex psychosocial mechanisms in this highly relevant care context.
Authors
- Larissa Zwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-9961)
- Hans‐Helmut König (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-6862)
- André Hajek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-2745)
- Emily Delfin
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Brock University (CA)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Gerontologist
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf012
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 21.01