Happell, BrendaPlatania‐Phung, ChrisScholz, BrettBocking, JuliaHorgan, AineManning, FionnualaDoody, RoryHals, ElisabethGranerud, Arildvan der Vaart, Kornelis JanAllon, Jerry2022-01-260031-5990http://hdl.handle.net/1885/258576Purpose: Evaluate the validity of the Opening Minds Scale (OMS) for nursing students via Rasch models and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Design and methods: Undergraduate nursing student responses to OMS (n = 423). Validity was evaluated via CFA and Rasch analysis. Findings: CFA results were strongest for a three-factor 13-item version of OMS. Rasch modeling supported sound properties for two of three scales. Internal reliabilities ranged between 0.6 and 0.7. Practice implications: OMS has potential as a valid measure for stigma research and antistigma program evaluation. Rasch analysis suggest it is inappropriate to use a total OMS score for nursing student populations.Erasmus +, Grant/Award Number: 2016‐1‐ IS01‐KA203‐017101application/pdfen-AU© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.mental healthmental health nursingnursing studentsOpening Minds Scalestigma201910.1111/ppc.123932020-12-06