Refugee stigma and its toll on mental health: development and validation of the refugee stigma scale (RSS)
This study provides robust evidence for the RSS as a scale assessing different dimensions of stigma related to refugee status. The RSS can provide valuable insight into the complex web of refugee status stigma and mental and physical health difficulties.
Authors
- Bülent Turan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-227X)
- Gülşah Kurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7820-1230)
- Andrea Norcini Pala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6696-4684)
- İbrahim Yiğit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0556-9960)
- Ceren Acartürk
- Janet M. Turan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7802-6206)
- Hamed Abdollahpour Ranjbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-5829)
- Fatema Almeamari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5774-2433)
- Khaled Elazab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7573-2263)
Institutions
- Florida State University (US)
- Clark University (US)
- Koç University (TR)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Istinye University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017276
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Alabama
- National Institute of Mental Health