Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Jennie Mendes ¹

Affiliations
1 Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, IN

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to translate the Stigma Devaluation Scale (SDS) (Link&Struening, 2001) in Konkani, and to modify it accurately to reflect the cultural parameters specific to Goa. The Cronbach's Alpha was used to measure internal consistency to assess reliability and was found to be 0.87. Construct-validity was determined by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The content-validity and reading level of the Konkani Stigma Devaluation Scale (K-SDS) was measured to be at the seventh grade or lower. It was found to be conceptually consistent with the original scale in measuring stigma perception among catholic families of the mentally ill in Goa.

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Jennie Mendes ¹

Affiliations
1 Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, IN

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the frequency of leg-shaking, age and situational correlates in typically developing sighted and visually impaired samples. The study provided cross-sectional frequency estimates of legshaking of school and college students. A total of 1666 visually impaired (VI) and 4346 sighted (S) individuals were observed from grade one to grade ten in the classroom, examination and canteen settings. Overall, the results of this study showed marked differences between the visually impaired and the sighted groups. Significant differences were also found between settings. No ma or gender differences were found. The settings were an important variable that influenced leg-shaking behaviour.

Keywords

Leg Shaking, Visually Impaired, Movement Stereotypy.

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