The effects of the stigma trajectory of adolescents in out-of-home care on self-esteem and antisocial behavior

The influence of parenting on building character in adolescents

“…The family is the primary context in which the formation of the individual first occurs. as stated by An et al. (2020) , who say that the family is the root of psychosocial development for children and becomes the basis of mental health of adolescents who will prioritize their social function.…”

Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes

“…According to the symbolic interactionism perspective (e.g., Mead, 1934), this may lead these youth to depreciate and stigmatize themselves, and to internalize others' perceptions in their SR (Kools, 1997;Major and O'Brien, 2005;Vojak, 2009;McMurray et al, 2011). Consistent with self-stigmatization processes, defined as the internalization of negative societal attitudes about one's social group, that have been described in the literature (e.g., Corrigan et al, 2013), a recent longitudinal study with adolescents in out-of-home care found that perceived stigmatization predicted lower self-esteem over time (An et al, 2020). However, that study also showed that, as adolescents' perceptions of stigma decreased, their self-esteem increased.…”

“…Although it has been previously assumed that SR might deteriorate due to negative processes associated with institutionalization, namely, stigmatization (Liebling, 1993;Kools, 1997;McMurray et al, 2011;An et al, 2020), other studies indicate that SR may remain stable or even become more positive (Greve and Enzmann, 2003). Fluctuations in the valence of self-representations of youth during institutionalization depend on the relation between several processes (Greve and Enzmann, 2003), such as their ability to adjust (Barendregt et al, 2015), and a set of personal and context variables (Hukkanen et al, 1999;González-García et al, 2017).…”

“…Another factor that may partially explain these worse outcomes in this population is the social stigma associated with being in residential care ( Mullan et al, 2007 ; Simsek et al, 2007 ; Villagrana et al, 2018 ; An et al, 2020 ). Social stigma has been conceptualized as a fundamental cause of health inequalities, and one of the most frequently hypothesized risk factors explaining mental health disparities among young people (e.g., Hatzenbuehler et al, 2013 ; Hatzenbuehler, 2016 ).…”

“…However, previous studies have only examined the relationships between these two phenomena in normative populations. Previous studies analyzing the association between perceived stigma and mental health outcomes in the context of residential care have only focused on young people’s feelings of stigma (e.g., Simsek et al, 2007 ; An et al, 2020 ) and have not looked at the content of their perceptions of their social images (i.e., their perceptions of how others in general perceive them regarding specific self-relevant attributes; Calheiros et al, 2015 ). Thus, it remains unknown how different dimensions of MR and mental health are interrelated among adolescents in residential care.…”