Measuring attitudes toward self-harm among mental health care staff: psychometric evaluation of the Self-Harm Antipathy Scale (SHAS) in Denmark
The 17-item form of the SHAS-DR, capturing three subscales, is a structurally valid and reliable tool for assessing attitudes toward self-harm in Danish mental health care. The three factors of 'Sympathy and Support', 'Judgmental Perception', and 'Acceptance and Understanding' point to central areas of antipathy and may be important targets for future training and stigma-reduction efforts among mental health care staff working with patients who engage in self-harm.
Authors
- Stephen F. Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-0565)
- Bo Bach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-1769)
- Kari Poulsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0023-9500)
- Carsten Rygaard Hjorthøj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-4785)
- Erik Simonsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-2392)
- Mickey Kongerslev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-0486)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Mental Health Services (DK)
- FrontLine Service (US)
- Slagelse Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2025.2589478
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31