Using counterframing strategies to enhance anti-stigma campaigns related to mental illness

Vyncke, Bart; Gorp, Baldwin Van

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113090

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“…Future studies on psychological interventions are encouraged to reduce self-stigma in infertile women. Second, it may be necessary to conduct anti-stigma campaigns to reduce public stigma [ 66 ]. For example, framing strategies can help to redefine and de-stigmatize infertility [ 67 ].…”

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“…A frame is a point of view that focuses on a particular part of the problem and ignores the remainder [ 67 ]. It may be necessary to present messages in the media and elsewhere that refute elements of the stigmatizing frame and undermine its narrative or messages that introduce a new frame and perspective without reference to the stigmatizing frame [ 66 , 67 ]. Future studies with anti-stigma campaigns are encouraged to reduce the public stigma against infertile women.…”

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Association between Stigma and Anxiety, Depression, and Psychological Distress among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment

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Japan has the highest number of cases of infertility treatment in the world. Studies have indicated that women undergoing infertility treatment feel stigmatized and suffer from psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression. However, in Japan, few studies have quantitatively examined the association between the stigma of infertility and psychological symptoms, and, to our knowledge, no study has examined its association using a scale with tested reliability and validity. This study aims to quantitatively examine the relationship between infertility stigma and anxiety, depression, and psychological distress among women undergoing infertility treatment, using a scale that has been validated for reliability and validity. The cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2021 through a web-based survey of 254 participants undergoing infertility treatment. A multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between stigma and anxiety, depression, and psychological distress. Stigma was a statistically significant predictor of anxiety, depression, and psychological distress (standardized β = 0.58, p < 0.001; β = 0.50, p < 0.001; β = 0.62, p < 0.001, respectively) after controlling for sociodemographic and infertility characteristics. Future studies should examine the causal relationship between stigma and anxiety, depression, and psychological distress and how to intervene to reduce stigma among women undergoing infertility treatment.

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“…Moreover, interventions to mitigate the legitimacy of discrimination may also be critical [ 75 ]. To improve situations in which infertile women are devaluated, anti-stigma campaigns should also be fostered to reduce the endorsement of such stigmatizing stereotypes against infertile women [ 76 ]. For instance, counterframing strategies to dispel stigmatizing frames and present a redefinition of infertility may be effective [ 77 ].…”

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“…A frame refers to a perspective that emphasizes particular aspects while ignoring the rest of the problem [ 77 ]. There is a need for conveying such messages through media that weaken the stigmatizing narrative or offer the public a new way of looking at infertile women [ 76 , 77 ]. Thus, to prevent infertile women from appraising their identities as threatened, interventions are required to recognize both infertile women who are stigmatized as well as the general public who stigmatize them.…”

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Associations between Stigma, Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies and Stress Responses among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment

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The number of infertility treatment cycles in Japan is the highest worldwide. Studies have shown that stigma is a predictor of stress-related symptoms including anxiety and depression in women undergoing infertility treatment. Stress management to prevent stress-related symptoms may be crucial; however, few studies have examined the model of stigma and stress responses. Based on the stress-coping model, we hypothesized that stigma threatens the identity of such women and that coping failure increases stress responses. We aimed to explore the role of cognitive appraisals and coping strategies as mediators of the association between the stigma of infertility and stress responses. In December 2021, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Japan, in which 254 women undergoing infertility treatment completed a web-based survey. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the associations between stigma, cognitive appraisals, coping strategies, and stress responses. The results showed that explanatory power increased with each additional variable in the following order: stigma, cognitive appraisals, and coping. Participants with a high level of stigma evaluated it as threatening, and used self-blame and venting coping strategies, and showed higher stress responses. Conversely, participants who used positive reframing coping strategies exhibited lower stress responses. Based on this, effective strategies to address stigma and stress responses are necessitated.

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“…"deframing" and "reframing" (Vyncke & Van Gorp, 2020). These are effectively the direct counter-positions of frame shifting and blending.…”

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Turning rebellion into money? Social entrepreneurship as the strategic performance of systems change

Teasdale

Roy

Hervieux

2022

Strategic Entrepreneurship

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Critical scholars recognize a disjuncture between the problems identified by social entrepreneurs and the solutions they propose. Existing theory treats this as a problem to be rectified at the organizational level. In this essay, we widen attention to the macro-oriented systems change strategies of social entrepreneurs. We develop a dynamic typology showing how strategies are reassembled over time to stimulate or deflect desire for systems change. Deriving inspiration from Goffman, we theorize the ways that different types of systems change actor perform systems change via interaction with their environments. Drawing on illustrative cases on the boundaries of social entrepreneurship, we show how the collective action frameworks developed by systems change actors can be adapted and repurposed by their (systems) audiences: effectively turning rebellion into money. Managerial Summary: Social entrepreneurs often call for systems change to tackle wicked problems such as poverty or climate change. However, the strategies they propose for tackling these problems, such as lending money to poor people are considerably less radical. In this essay, we identify three types of systems change actor distinguished by the degree of systems change they call for. We trace their

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Using counterframing strategies to enhance anti-stigma campaigns related to mental illness

Abstract: This work was supported by Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek -Vlaanderen (FWO, ww.fwo.be/en/) under Grant FWO G070416N.

Cited by 7 publications

References 41 publications

Association between Stigma and Anxiety, Depression, and Psychological Distress among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment

Association between Stigma and Anxiety, Depression, and Psychological Distress among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment

Associations between Stigma, Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies and Stress Responses among Japanese Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment

Turning rebellion into money? Social entrepreneurship as the strategic performance of systems change

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