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Obesity stigma in Germany and the United States - Results of population surveys.

PLoS ONE, 2019
IntroductionOver the past decades, obesity stigma has become a substantial public health issue as studies have highlighted its negative consequences for mental and physical health. However, comparative studies are scarce. In this cross-national study, we
Tae Jun Kim, Anna Christin Makowski, Olaf von dem Knesebeck   +2 more
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Teacher confidence and student engagement with mental health and wellbeing lessons: Learning from an iterative curriculum intervention in schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The mental health and wellbeing of young people has received increasing attention in both research and the wider public discourse. There has been a marked rise in mental health conditions in young people, and the burden of care is increasingly transferred onto schools and teachers.
Thomas Godfrey‐Faussett, Naomi French, Abbie Simpkin, Julian Turner, Tracey Riseborough, Natalie Coles, Ian Thompson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing public stigma toward bipolar disorder: II. Mechanisms of stigma reduction

Journal of Affective Disorders
Investigating how mental health anti-stigma interventions work is crucial to increasing intervention efficacy. This paper represents the second part of a larger feasibility study comparing the effects of a novel intervention (loving-kindness meditation; LKM) and a standard education-contact strategy (EC), relative to a control condition, on reducing ...
Jennifer Jiwon Na, Hannah Jooyoung Kim, Amori Yee Mikami   +2 more
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Life as an ethnic minority (EM) university student: Comparing mental health challenges among local and international EM students in Hong Kong

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract University students globally face growing mental health challenges, with ethnic minority (EM) students—both local and international—being particularly vulnerable. Yet, limited research compares their experiences or identifies shared and distinct stressors, especially in non‐Western contexts.
Wang Xinyi, Naubahar Sharif
wiley   +1 more source

The Psychological Mechanism of Stigmatizing Attitudes toward Help Seeking Behavior for Mental Health Problems [PDF]

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2016
Stigmatizing attitudes toward psychological help seeking is a significant obstacle for the people with mental health difficulties to obtain sufficient psychological help.
Zhi-xia Chen, Wijerathnage Chandrasekara
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‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley   +1 more source

Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette, Reece Mills, Terri Bourke, Simone White, Martin Mills, Lisa van Leent   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

EXPOSURE TO MASS MEDIA AS A DOMINANT FACTOR INFLUENCING PUBLIC STIGMA TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS BASED ON SUNRISE MODEL APPROACH

Belitung Nursing Journal, 2018
Background: The person suffering mental disorders is not only burdened by his condition but also by the stigma. The impact of stigma extremely influences society that it is considered to be the obstacle in mental disorders therapy.
Ni Made Sintha Pratiwi, Lilik Zuhriyah, Lilik Supriati   +2 more
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The stigma of alcohol use during pregnancy: Exploring the impact of alcohol strength and social context on public perceptions.

PLoS ONE
Alcohol use during pregnancy remains a major public health concern, with societal expectations of abstinence often resulting in stigma toward women who drink.
Sam Burton, Shannon Cummings, Charlotte Connides-Smith, Elizabeth Fairweather, Catharine Montgomery, Abigail K Rose, Poppy Whalley, Andrew Jones   +7 more
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Measuring Public Occupational Stigma Toward Morticians: Scale Development, Validation, and Implications

Behavioral Sciences
The present study employed stigma theory to devise a scale measuring public occupational stigma towards morticians and subsequently analyzed its impact.
Jiejing Yu, Dongmei Huang
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