“…In the discriminant validity, significant and negative correlations were found between affiliation stigma and quality of life, social support, self-esteem, quality of care, and social desirability, through the instruments: Short Form 12 (Montazeri et al, 2009), World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (Yao et al, 2002), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Bagherian-Sararoudi et al, 2013), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Shapurian et al, 1987), the Quality of Care Scale (Salyers et al, 2015), and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (Paulhus & Reid, 1991) (Table 3).…”