The Mediating and Moderating Role of Resilience Between Stigma and Illness Identity Among People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Lichen Tang,
Zheng Lin
Abstract:Background
Stigma is assumed to lead to negative illness identity in one who got chronic illness, and there is a lack of understanding regarding the underly mechanisms. However, no research has examined the extent to which stigma was associated with illness identity in people with IBD. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between stigma and illness identity, specifically to examine whether resilience mediated or moderated the relationship.
Methods
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