Protecting self-esteem from stigma: A test of different strategies for coping with the stigma of mental illness

Ilic, Marie; Reinecke, Jost; Bohner, Gerd; Röttgers, Hans-Onno; Beblo, Thomas; Drießen, Martin; Frommberger, Ulrich; Corrigan, Patrick W.

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“…Reflecting this, to support mothers who self-stigmatise, assistance may be most effective when concentrated on reducing self-doubt by enhancing sense of parenting competency and beliefs of being a good parent (and thus parents' resilience). Increasing self-esteem and empowerment have been shown to be effective in reducing self-stigma in adults with mental illness (Brohan et al 2010;Ilic et al 2011;Mittal et al 2012). A focus on decreasing self-blame might also be helpful and could be achieved by providing explanations for the child's behaviours that are not parent-blaming as it appears that unhelpful cognitions maintain these beliefs.…”

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Failing to Meet the Good Parent Ideal: Self-Stigma in Parents of Children with Mental Health Disorders

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Self-stigma detracts from the wellbeing, selfesteem, and social connectedness of adults with mental health disorders. Although emerging research has indicated that self-stigma may have similar consequences for parents of children with mental health disorders, currently we lack a comprehensive description of how parents experience self-stigma. To address this, we investigated parents' lived experiences of self-stigma using a descriptive qualitative approach. Directed by interview questions informed by a parent-based participatory action research group (n = 4), we conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 12 parents of children (aged 5-13) diagnosed with emotional and/or behavioural disorders. Data obtained from interviews with 11 mothers was coded and thematically analysed. Five themes were found: (1) the 'good parent' ideal, (2) awareness of external stigma, (3) outcomes of external stigma (social avoidance and self-doubt), (4) selfstigma (believing self-doubt and external stigma), and (5) refuting self-stigma. Our findings show that parents of children with mental health disorders experience selfstigma. However, because it leads to a diminished sense of being a good parent, the self-stigma is of a different type to that which has been described for adults with mental illness. This has important implications for the conceptualisation and assessment of parent self-stigma as research in this area moves forward.

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Failing to Meet the Good Parent Ideal: Self-Stigma in Parents of Children with Mental Health Disorders

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“…diabetes, end-stage renal, chronic pain, mental illness) [24–27]. Over time, individuals with chronic illness develop a new sense of normal , which helps to minimize personal disruptions caused by illness and the sense of oneself as being less healthy than others [28, 29].…”

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Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma

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Background Teens often have inadequate asthma self-management and control. However, little is known of their perceptions of or rationales for self-management behaviors. Objectives To explore how teens self-manage asthma, including experiences, perceptions, responses to and reporting of symptoms. Methods A case-based, qualitative-descriptive design was used. Data were collected from minority and non-minority teens with controlled and uncontrolled asthma and their respective parents (N=28). There were four data-collection points, including: (1) a primary teen interview; (2) parent interview; (3) two-week self-management voice-diary; and (4) follow-up teen interview, incorporating symptom-response card-sorting to map symptoms and associated self-management responses. Seventy data sources were included in the analysis. Results Teens thought of their asthma symptoms as normal or unusual relative to their personal baseline symptom pattern; Those with uncontrolled asthma normalized higher levels of asthma symptoms than their counterparts with controlled asthma. Second, teens’ decisions to treat symptoms of asthma with rescue medication were based on perceived benefits, burdens and accessibility of treatment balanced against perceived normalcy of symptoms. Teens with uncontrolled asthma had substantially higher treatment thresholds and delayed responses to symptoms compared to controlled peers. Third, teens never reported perceived normal symptoms of asthma to parents or providers, who were thus only aware of unusual or visible/audible symptoms. Conclusions Teen’s perceptions of symptoms and understanding of what is normal is the basis for self-management decisions. Improving self-management will likely entail modifying perceptions of symptoms and benefits/burdens of treatment to achieve healthier self-management patterns.

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“…One possible factor mediating the effects of discrimination on loneliness is self-esteem, since diminished self-esteem has repeatedly been found to be the outcome of rejection experiences [13][14][15][16] and, at the same time, has been identified as a condition predisposing a person to…”

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Experiences of discrimination and the feelings of loneliness in people with psychotic disorders: The mediating effects of self-esteem and support seeking

Świtaj¹,

Grygiel²,

Anczewska³

et al. 2015

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Protecting self-esteem from stigma: A test of different strategies for coping with the stigma of mental illness

Abstract: PWMI should be encouraged to seek support within their community and to develop a positive image of their ingroup.

Cited by 76 publications

References 37 publications

Failing to Meet the Good Parent Ideal: Self-Stigma in Parents of Children with Mental Health Disorders

Failing to Meet the Good Parent Ideal: Self-Stigma in Parents of Children with Mental Health Disorders

Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma

Experiences of discrimination and the feelings of loneliness in people with psychotic disorders: The mediating effects of self-esteem and support seeking

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