Perspectives on mental health difficulties amongst <scp>second‐generation</scp> Chinese individuals in Germany: Stigma, acculturation, and <scp>help seeking</scp>

Shu, Jin Li; Alleva, Jessica M.; Stutterheim, Sarah E.

doi:10.1002/casp.2620

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“…Therefore, to prevent their name from being tarnished in public, they feel they have to hide any weaknesses, such as their emotional pain and psychological/mental health issues. Shu et al (2022) posited fear of losing reputation to be related to stigmatizations toward mental illnesses; however, the nature of this relationship seems to be bidirectional. Participants argued that fear of losing reputation was either the cause of their mental health difficulties or the consequence of having mental health difficulties and being stigmatized for them.…”

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Help-Seeking Behaviors and Mental Well-Being of Albanian Immigrants in Malaysia

Thartori¹,

Ismail²,

Idrus³

et al. 2023

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The objective of this study is to explore the life experiences of 18 ethnic Albanian immigrants from Albania and Kosovo currently living in Malaysia or who’d previously lived in Malaysia and currently live in Australia. Specifically, the study explores (i) the obstacles and barriers immigrants face in Malaysia and (ii) the role stigmatization has had regarding the immigrants’ help-seeking behaviors. The study uses the phenomenological case study design and in-depth semi-structured interviews for collecting the data. The results show that narrations regarding phenomena such as cultural shock, permanent residence status, stigmatization toward the immigrants, and being labeled with terms such as Mat Salleh [Westerners] have adversely affected the immigrants’ mental well-being. In addition, the Albanian immigrants, especially the females, felt safer confiding their burdens and challenges with family members and close friends. Negative perceptions, stigmatization, and labeling are among the psychological explanations the Albanian immigrants experienced. These inevitable shortfalls affect the immigrants’ mental well-being and correspond similarly to the experiences of many immigrants all over the world.

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Help-Seeking Behaviors and Mental Well-Being of Albanian Immigrants in Malaysia

Thartori¹,

Ismail²,

Idrus³

et al. 2023

JBS

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“…To make matters more complicated, beliefs can also vary by culture. For example, in China, stereotypes about mental illness attribute mental health difficulties to a faulty personality, moral defects, bad genetics, or punishment for misconduct committed in a previous life (Li et al, 2014; Shu et al, 2022). These beliefs are much less present in the Global North.…”

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Intervention mapping as a guide to developing, implementing, and evaluating stigma reduction interventions.

Stutterheim¹,

Kooij²,

Crutzen³

et al. 2023

Stigma and Health

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“…To make matters more complicated, beliefs can also vary by culture. For example, in China, stereotypes about mental illness attribute mental health difficulties to a faulty personality, moral defects, bad genetics, or punishment for misconduct committed in a previous life (Li, Hatzidimitriadou, & Psoinos, 2014;Shu, Alleva, & Stutterheim, 2022). These beliefs are much less present in the Global North.…”

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Intervention Mapping as a guide to developing, implementing, and evaluating stigma reduction interventions

Stutterheim¹,

Kooij²,

Crutzen³

et al. 2022

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Stigmatization is a complex and deeply ingrained process, not easily amenable to change. The field of systematic behavior change can offer guidance for the improvement of stigma reduction efforts. In this paper, we describe Intervention Mapping as a relevant approach for designing stigma interventions. We demonstrate that, for stigma reduction to be effective, a number of actions are essential. We must: 1) ascertain, at various socioecological levels, relevant and changeable determinants of stigmatizing behavior and target them specifically in our interventions; 2) delineate exactly what change our stigma reduction interventions aim to achieve at the level of determinants; 3) ensure that the methods employed to reduce stigmatization are aligned with the determinants of stigmatizing behavior, and that the theoretically-defined conditions under which those methods are most effective are considered, along with characteristics of the target population and intervention context; 4) pre-test and pilot-test newly developed interventions, and ensure budgetary capacity for these ; 5) consider intervention adoption, implementation, and maintenance right from the outset, and approach these systematically as well; and 6) measure, in our evaluations, changes in not only the desired outcome of interventions (i.e., stigma reduction) but also in the objectives of the interventions and the determinants of stigmatizing behavior, and complement effect evaluations with process evaluations that assess implementation reach, completeness, and fidelity. For each of the six Intervention Mapping steps, we provide concrete examples and discuss the current stigma and behavior change literature. Importantly, we also summarize a number of evidence-based stigma reduction methods.

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Perspectives on mental health difficulties amongst second‐generation Chinese individuals in Germany: Stigma, acculturation, and help seeking

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Help-Seeking Behaviors and Mental Well-Being of Albanian Immigrants in Malaysia

Help-Seeking Behaviors and Mental Well-Being of Albanian Immigrants in Malaysia

Intervention mapping as a guide to developing, implementing, and evaluating stigma reduction interventions.

Intervention Mapping as a guide to developing, implementing, and evaluating stigma reduction interventions

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