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Social Anxiety and Quality of Life: Mediating Role of Stigma Perception in Individuals Who Stutter

NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
Children, adolescents, and adults who stutter widely experience anxiety and avoid social situations; hence stuttering negatively affects their quality of life (Yaruss & Quesal, 2004).
Hina Javed Rana, Rukhsana Kausar, Nashi Khan   +2 more
doaj  

Confronting the stigma of epilepsy

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2011
Stigma and resultant psychosocial issues are major hurdles that people with epilepsy confront in their daily life. People with epilepsy, particularly women, living in economically weak countries are often ill equipped to handle the stigma that they ...
Sanjeev V Thomas, Aparna Nair
doaj   +1 more source

Frayed social safety: Social networks, stigma, and COVID-19 – The case of Sri Lankan garment workers

, 2023
Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
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Social stigma in leprosy

Journal of Chitwan Medical College, 2015
Leprosy, an infectious disease, is a highly stigmatized disease. It directly affects patients’ physical, psychological, social and economical well-being. To know the stigma faced by the patients in the family and community. The study was carried out at Netherlands Leprosy Relief, Biratnagar, Nepal. Verbal consent was taken from each patient.
S Jirel, S Rayamajhi, S M Pokhrel, N Jha, A Ghimire, S Marahatta   +5 more
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The absent presence of disability in British higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of disability disclosure are steadily increasing in British higher education (HE), with 18% of the student population having a known disability in 2023/24. It might be assumed that progress is being made with increased representation, rights and support for disabled students.
G. Koutsouris, L. Stentiford, E. Dimitrellou, Z. Yu, Pujaningsih, N. Azizah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Stigma and Deprivation

Advances in Social Work
In many countries worldwide, including Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, older adults comprise the fastest-growing population in the prison system. This study aims to understand the reentry experiences of formally incarcerated elderly individuals in the United States through the lens of social stigma and deprivation theory ...
Charmaine Clarke, Jennette Allen-McCombs
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The design and psychometric evaluation of a COVID-19 social stigma questionnaire in nurses [PDF]

BMC Nurs, 2023
rahmani n, Roshan FSN, Nabavian M, Alipour H.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Associations of gender identity with sexual behaviours, social stigma and sexually transmitted infections among adults who have sex with men in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2022
Elyse LeeVan, Fengming Hu, Andrew Mitchell, Afoke Kokogho, Sylvia Adebajo, Eric Garges, Haoyu Qian, Julie A. Ake, Merlin L. Robb, Manhattan Charurat, Stefan Baral, Rebecca G. Nowak, Trevor A. Crowell, for the TRUST/RV368 Study Group   +13 more
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Disingenuous ‘box‐ticking’: Undergraduate students' attitudes towards university mental health awareness efforts

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health problems are common among UK undergraduate students. In response, many universities have put considerable effort into raising awareness about student mental health problems and avenues of support (e.g., via workshops, posters, email newsletters and social media posts).
Sorcha Finan, Lucy Foulkes
wiley   +1 more source