Factors influencing the level of self-stigmatisation in people with mental illness

Kališová, Lucie; Michalec, J.; Hadjipapanicolaou, Demetra; Raboch, Jiří

doi:10.1177/0020764018766561

Cited by 19 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 41 publications

(56 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Previous research suggests younger people report more mental illness-related stigma [11,12], while those with higher levels of education are more likely to conceal their diagnosis [9]. Some studies show a gender effect but the evidence is inconsistent [10,[13][14][15][16][17][18]. Some evidence suggests a mediating role for social support, with increased peer support helping to challenge internalised stigma related to mental illness [19].…”

Section: Factors Associated With Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors associated with experienced stigma among people diagnosed with mental ill-health: a cross-sectional study

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose: to examine the relationship between religiosity, social support, trauma, quality of life and experienced stigma of mental illness amongst a population diagnosed with mental ill-health. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of day service users in Northern Ireland (n = 295) covering a range of issues including religiosity, social support, quality of life and prior experience of trauma. Stigma was measured using a recognised stigma scale. We used multinomial logistic regression to examine risk factors associated with experienced stigma. Results: Univariate analysis showed significant associations between stigma and age, number of friends, social support, quality of life and prior experience of trauma. Age, quality of life, and trauma remained independently associated with stigma in a multivariate logistic regression model (x 2 (12) = 98.40, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Younger people, those with less social support, prior experience of trauma and with poorer quality of life are at increased risk of experiencing stigma related to their diagnosis of mental illness. The findings provide further understanding of stigma and are useful for those overseeing programmes to improve access to mental health treatment.

show abstract

Section: Factors Associated With Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors associated with experienced stigma among people diagnosed with mental ill-health: a cross-sectional study

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…[ 32 33 ] Therefore, perceived social support is crucial for individuals with SUDs to enhance coping strategies and buffer against stigma. Moreover, we found that unemployed people had a greater perceived stigma, which is consistent with the studies of Kalisov et al .,[ 34 ] and da Silveira et al[ 21 ] reported that individuals who did not attend a workplace or are unemployed often reported high levels of stigma experiences. A possible explanation is that individuals with SUDs or with substance use history are perceived more negatively as weak moral character, lacked capacity, dishonest, and reduced social inclusion, which lead to not engaged in community events, including employment.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A possible explanation is that individuals with SUDs or with substance use history are perceived more negatively as weak moral character, lacked capacity, dishonest, and reduced social inclusion, which lead to not engaged in community events, including employment. [ 21 34 35 ] These may impact an individual's access to employment opportunities or employer's hiring decisions. [ 36 ] Then, consequently contributes to a further increase in stigma internalization.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Relationship between psychological factors and perceived stigma of addiction among women with substance use disorders, Thailand

Yangyuen

Kanato

Somdee

2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are one of the most stigmatized health conditions that impact drug user's treatment engagement. However, to date, little is known about perceived stigma and its correlates with psychological factors among high-risk groups such as people with SUDs in the criminal justice system. This study aimed to determine the association of psychological factors and perceived stigma of addiction among women with SUDs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional design was conducted on 652 women with SUDs who were treated in all 7 compulsory drug detention centers in Thailand with consecutive sampling technique. The data were collected by standardized interviewers with interviewing questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression was applied to examine the effect of psychological factors and perceived stigma. RESULTS: More than half of SUD patients (57.2%) were methamphetamine abuse or dependence, approximately 69.9% reported high level of perceived stigma, 56.7% had mild depression, 34.8% had low level of perceived social support, and the average perceived stress score was 19.2 (standard deviation, 7.5). The perceived stigma was positively related to depressive symptom and perceived stress while was inversely related to perceived social support. CONCLUSION: The psychological factors were strongly associated with perceived stigma of addiction. Thus, the detection of psychological problems among SUD patients may be benefit clinicians for identifying which patients are most at risk of perceived stigma and are the potential targets of intervention to reduce stigma in clinical practice.

show abstract

“…Especially, if a mental disorder is not associated with hope for recovery, but experienced as a threat to basic needs, a dysfunctional self‐stigmatisation can result (Zhang et al, 2017). This is associated with poor recovery and an overall negative therapy outcome in various psychiatric patients (Kalisova, Michalec, Hadjipapanicolaou, & Raboch, 2018), especially in schizophrenia (Häfner, 2017). Further influencing factors of self‐stigmatization are younger age (Werner, Aviv, & Barak, 2008), unemployment and the number of episodes of mental disorders (Adewuya, Owoeye, Erinfolami, & Ola, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patients responses to diagnoses of mental disorders: Development and validation of a reliable self‐report measure

Schnell

Kehring

Moritz

et al. 2020

Int J Methods Psych Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objectives: Psychiatric patients are regularly informed about diagnoses. Treatment guidelines assume that informing patients fosters functional coping processes, but few research exists on how patients respond. Thus, the objective was to develop a standardized self-report measure to assess patients reactions to diagnoses. Methods: Fifty nine items were generated based on a qualitative study. The process of item selection and determination of the factor structure were performed on a sample of 252 patients: Results of an explorative factor analysis with a randomly split sub-sample 1 were cross-validated by confirmatory factor analysis on subsample 2. The revised 26-item instrument was revaluated using data from an independent sample of 1.271 patients with different diagnoses. Results: Three functional and three dysfunctional processing styles emerged from the analyses and provided good model fit in the revaluation study (TLI ¼ 0.935; CFI ¼ 0.943; RMSEA ¼ 0.051; SRMR ¼ 0.048). Variance-analytical calculations and post hoc analyses revealed significant differences among diagnoses with regard to coping styles, such as schizophrenia was associated with self-stigmatization and anorexia nervosa showed pronounced over-identification. Overall, various diagnosis-dependent specifics were found. Conclusions: As patients reactions to diagnoses vary substantially, their formation, impact on treatment and overall cause should be investigated in further studies.

show abstract

Factors influencing the level of self-stigmatisation in people with mental illness

Cited by 19 publications

References 41 publications

Risk factors associated with experienced stigma among people diagnosed with mental ill-health: a cross-sectional study

Risk factors associated with experienced stigma among people diagnosed with mental ill-health: a cross-sectional study

Relationship between psychological factors and perceived stigma of addiction among women with substance use disorders, Thailand

Patients responses to diagnoses of mental disorders: Development and validation of a reliable self‐report measure

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About