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Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Occupational Health

Background:

  • Public occupational stigma significantly impacts various professions.
  • Limited research exists on stigma within the funeral industry.
  • Understanding and measuring this stigma is crucial for addressing its negative consequences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a scale measuring public occupational stigma towards morticians.
  • To analyze the impact and consequences of this stigma.
  • To contribute to the understanding of occupational stigma in the funeral service sector.

Main Methods:

  • Scale development using stigma theory.
  • Psychometric analyses including item analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.
  • Validation through construct validity, measurement invariance, and criterion-related validity testing across multiple study phases and large sample sizes.

Main Results:

  • The Public Occupational Stigma toward Morticians Scale (POSMS) demonstrated strong reliability and validity.
  • Public occupational stigma towards morticians was confirmed to have significant negative consequences.
  • The study successfully established measurement invariance across genders.

Conclusions:

  • The POSMS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing public occupational stigma towards morticians.
  • Addressing occupational stigma in the funeral industry is essential due to its detrimental effects.
  • The findings offer a framework for understanding and mitigating stigma in other professions.