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Self-incompatibility is a strategy used in some bisexual flowering plants to avoid inbreeding; for that purpose, the female pistil tissue needs to distinguish between pollen from the same plant and that from other plants. Research withBrassica species has unveiled an element of the genetic mechanism of self-incompatibility — the so-called SRKgene ...
Andrew G. McCubbin, Teh Hui Kao
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Social stigma and executive compensation [PDF]
We document that executives working at firms perceived negatively in light of social norms, such as tobacco, gambling and alcohol, earn a significant compensation premium. The premium compensates for personal costs executives bear due to their employer’s negative public perception and include: (i) a reduced likelihood these CEOs will serve as directors
Jiri Novak, Pawel Bilinski
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Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help Associated to Self-Stigma and Perceived Social Stigma [PDF]
Introduction: Nursing students often experience stress due to their educational demands and developmental stage. This study focuses on nursing students to investigate the relationship between their attitudes toward seeking psychological help and their ...
Özcan Özdemir+2 more
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Context: Mentally ill patients challenging dual difficulties that are illness and stigma. Internalized stigma viewed as maladaptive psychosocial phenomena that can affect all aspects of mentally ill patient life. Aim: The current study emerged aiming
Amany A. Mohamed
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Social and self-stigma during COVID-19 pandemic: Egyptians’ perspectives
Background Social stigma associated with infectious diseases existed throughout the history of pandemics due to fears of contagion and death. This study aims to assess social and self-stigma resulting from COVID-19 infection and other associated factors ...
Ayat Mahmoud Tawfik+5 more
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The COVID-19 lockdown has had a massive psychological impact on mental health in the general population, with increases in anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Jesús Saiz+8 more
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Evaluation of Stigma of Mental Illnesses: A Review
Stigma is the society's development of prejudiced attitudes and behaviors against the individual due to the diagnosis and treatment associated with mental illnesses, and the individual's exposure to discrimination within the social group.
Fatih Ordu
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The Social Psychology of Stigma [PDF]
This chapter addresses the psychological effects of social stigma. Stigma directly affects the stigmatized via mechanisms of discrimination, expectancy confirmation, and automatic stereotype activation, and indirectly via threats to personal and social identity. We review and organize recent theory and empirical research within an identity threat model
Laurie T. O’Brien, Brenda Major
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Social stigma and mental health [PDF]
IntroductionStigma has been associated with various groups, based on certain attributes or characteristics, such as; Race or health status is a complex and dynamic process, a universal phenomenon that is part of all social groups and is maintained by its functions related to the establishment of one’s own identity and the facilitation of socialization ...
G.M. Ruiz Martinez+3 more
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Does HIV-Related Stigma Depress Social Well-Being of Youths Affected by Parental HIV/AIDS?
Parental illness or death due to HIV/AIDS has long-term impacts on children’s social well-being, potentially challenging the children’s basic developmental needs and future.
Yafei Zhang+6 more
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