The Role of Stigma Coping and Social Support in Mediating the Effect of Societal Stigma on Internalized Stigma, Mental Health Recovery, and Quality of Life Among People With Serious Mental Illness

Chronister, Julie; Chou, Chih Chin; Liao, Hsin Ya

doi:10.1002/jcop.21558

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“…Social support has been found to influence the relationship between stigma and quality of life in serious mental illness (Chronister, Chou & Liao, 2013) and chronic diseases (Earnshaw, Quinn, Kalichman, & Park, 2013). Those with lower perceived social support tend to report greater experiences of stigma and diminished quality of life.…”

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Chronic Illness Stigma And Well-Being In Youth: The Mediating Role Of Support

Nearchou¹,

Campbell²,

Duffy³

et al. 2017

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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A considerable amount of stigma-related health research has been conducted in school-aged and university students, yet few studies involved young people enrolled at further education colleges. The present study aims to investigate the role of social support on the consequences of stigma on general health and social functioning in students in Colleges of Further Education (CFE) living with chronic illness. Participants of this study (n = 55) were students in CFE in Ireland aged 18-25 years diagnosed with a chronic illness. Self-report measures were used to assess stigma, social support, social functioning and general health. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with 2000 bootstrapped samples a model was constructed and tested to answer the research questions of the study. SEM revealed a good model fit to data (χ 2 = 2.12, df = 2, p = .33). Stigma negatively predicted general health and social functioning in youth living with chronic illness. The bootstrapped mediational model showed that social support from family, friends and a significant other partially mediated the influence of stigma on social functioning but not on general health. Stigma is an important element that negatively influences aspects of well-being in young adults living with chronic illnesses. Youth that perceive their environment to be more supportive tend to have less self-stigma attitudes and better functioning. Understanding how stigma operates in students in CFE can be used to design effective interventions.

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Section: Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chronic Illness Stigma And Well-Being In Youth: The Mediating Role Of Support

Nearchou¹,

Campbell²,

Duffy³

et al. 2017

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…Social support is an important factor, as it can reduce or eliminate the negative effects of stigma by helping patients to become self-reliant and motivating them to complete treatment. 13 In the future, this scale may contribute to the optimisation of available resources for TB control. As multidrug-resistant TB is an important challenge to TB control in the twenty-first century, it is necessary to implement best health practices in communities affected by TB, prevent patient non-adherence and improve drug adherence rates.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2,9,10 Authors have, however, pointed out that social support may be used to tackle the negative effects of stigma and increase the patient's self-esteem, thus increasing adherence to treatment. 13 A study on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection reported that social support was inversely associated with levels of stigma. 14 This evidence led us to hypothesise that this association may also be observed in the case of TB.…”

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Preliminary validation of an instrument to assess social support and tuberculosis stigma in patients' families

Arcêncio¹,

Crispim

Touso

et al. 2014

public health action

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“…For instance, perceived stigma and social withdrawal are associated with unemployment among people with mental illness (Link et al, 1991). Though research has not examined the mediating role of social withdrawal in the relation between anticipated stigma and outcomes, there is evidence that social withdrawal mediates the link between perceived stigma and poor mental health recovery (Chronister, Chou, & Liao, 2013) and poor social interactions (Perlick et al, 2001) among people with mental illness.…”

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confidence: 99%

Managing the Concealable Stigma of Criminal Justice System Involvement: A Longitudinal Examination of Anticipated Stigma, Social Withdrawal, and Post–Release Adjustment

Moore

Tangney

2017

Journal of Social Issues

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People with concealable stigmatized identities, such as a criminal record, often anticipate stigma from others. Anticipated stigma is thought to cause withdrawal from situations in which there is the potential for discrimination, which then negatively impacts behavior and functioning. This may have implications for offenders reentering the community, possibly hindering community integration and encouraging maladaptive behavior postrelease. Drawing upon a sample of 197 male jail inmates, we examine a theoretical model in which anticipated stigma during incarceration predicts behavioral outcomes 1 year after release from jail (i.e., recidivism, substance use disorder symptoms, mental health symptoms, community adjustment) through social withdrawal. Anticipated stigma during incarceration predicted social withdrawal three months postrelease, which then predicted more mental health problems 1 year postrelease. Stigma resistance and optimism buffered the effect of anticipated stigma on social withdrawal. Race moderated multiple paths in the model, suggesting that the relations between anticipated stigma, social withdrawal, and adjustment are more pronounced for White offenders.

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The Role of Stigma Coping and Social Support in Mediating the Effect of Societal Stigma on Internalized Stigma, Mental Health Recovery, and Quality of Life Among People With Serious Mental Illness

Cited by 123 publications

References 65 publications

Chronic Illness Stigma And Well-Being In Youth: The Mediating Role Of Support

Chronic Illness Stigma And Well-Being In Youth: The Mediating Role Of Support

Preliminary validation of an instrument to assess social support and tuberculosis stigma in patients' families

Managing the Concealable Stigma of Criminal Justice System Involvement: A Longitudinal Examination of Anticipated Stigma, Social Withdrawal, and Post–Release Adjustment

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