Translation and Validation of an Italian Language Version of the Religious Beliefs and Mental Illness Stigma Scale (I-RBMIS)

The aim of this study is to validate the Italian version Religious Beliefs and Mental Illness Stigma Scale (I-RBMIS): a self-report measure religious beliefs that may contribute stigma regarding mental disorders. validation included: linguistic validation; pilot test for understandability; face validity; factor analysis as dimensionality; Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin evaluate sample sampling adequacy; internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha; scale validity through concurrent criterion gold standard Attribution Questionnaire 27 health knowledge schedule; A total 311 people agreed participate in study. Face showed 13 items out 16 were completely understandable while only three (4, 9 13) highlighted small lexical concerns. average compilation time under 4 min. Bartlett’s sphericity statistically significant (Χ2 = 1497.54; df 120; p < 0.001). Cronbach's alpha values acceptable both entire questionnaire (0.80) morality/sin subscale (0.73), whereas it slightly below cutoff spiritually oriented causes/treatments (0.68). positive correlation between I-RBMIS AQ-27-I, negative MAKS-I. demonstrated good psychometric properties assess stigmatizing toward illness general population.