Public stigma toward fatigue—do social characteristics of affected persons matter? Results from the SOMA.SOC study [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 ObjectivesAlthough public stigma imposes a great burden on those affected with manifold negative consequence there is not much known about public stigma related to fatigue. Therefore, this study addresses the following research questions: (1) What is the
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Rieke Barbek
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The relationship between public stigma, self-stigma, and non-suicidal self-injury in outpatient adolescents: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionStigma has a profound impact on the mental health of adolescents. However, empirical evidence on the association between stigma and non-suicidal self-injury among outpatient adolescents remains limited.
Qing Guo +6 more
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Is the perceived public stigma of smokers associated with value opposites? An exploratory cross-sectional analysis of Norwegian data 2011–2013 [PDF]
Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 Smoker stigma is a likely unintended consequence of tobacco polices aiming to denormalise smoking. Little is known about the dissemination of stigmatising attitudes toward smokers at the population level, including their associations with personal values.
Gunnar Sæbø, Marianne Lund
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Anticipated Self and Public Stigma in Suicide Prevention Professionals [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 BackgroundStigma about mental illness—both public and self—is one of the most important factors hindering help-seeking. Stigma can occur during an acute episode of mental illness or be anticipatory.
Saška Roškar +5 more
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Perceived Public Stigma Toward Psychological Help: Psychometric Validation of the Stigma Scale for Receiving Psychological Help Among Chinese Law Students [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesPublic stigma toward psychological help-seeking is a critical barrier to mental health service utilization, particularly among university students in culturally conservative and academically demanding disciplines such as law.
Tingting Wang, Qi Lu Huang, Wei Li
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Infertility Public Stigma Scale for Japanese women: protocol for an exploratory sequential mixed method study of the Japanese population [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionWomen undergoing infertility treatment are often tagged with negative labels, subjected to negative reactions and behaviors by laypeople (public stigma), and they internalize these negative values (self-stigma).
Rie Yokota +7 more
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Time trends in public stigma [PDF]
Eur PsychiatryAbstract Attitudes toward people with mental illness change. We present evidence of attitude change from different contries, with regard to different mental health conditions. While attitudes towads mental health problems in general, and towards depression, seem to soften, there is little positive change with regard to people with substance use ...
Schomerus G.
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Assessment of Public Stigma, Mental Health Literacy, and Help‐Seeking Intentions Based on Different Dimensions of Obsessive–Compulsive Content: A Study of the Spanish Mental Health‐Naïve Population [PDF]
Brain and BehaviorBackground Obsessive–compulsive (OC) disorder is a debilitating disorder with a high delay in help‐seeking that could be associated with two barriers that may differ between OC content dimensions: public stigma and mental health literacy.
Antonio Chaves +3 more
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Development of a method and an assessment construct for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundWith the number of people with dementia dramatically increasing over time and dementia becoming a major health concern worldwide, scales have been developed to assess the stigma socially attached to this neurodegenerative disorder.
Junfeng Lu +7 more
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Effects of the Mental Health Supporter Training Program on mental health‐related public stigma among Japanese people: A pretest/posttest study [PDF]
PCN ReportsAim The Mental Health Supporter Training Program is a national project conducted in Japan. This study aimed to determine the effects on mental health‐related stigma, mental health literacy, and knowledge about mental health difficulties and support ...
Mako Iida +17 more
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