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Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help Associated to Self-Stigma and Perceived Social Stigma [PDF]

Journal of Caring Sciences, 2023
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, Yunus Kaya, Simla Adagide   +2 more
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The Social Psychology of Stigma [PDF]

Annual Review of Psychology, 2005
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
Brenda Major, Laurie O'Brien
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The mediation effect of social support between stigma and social alienation in patients with stroke

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundSocial alienation is prevalent and causes adverse outcomes in stroke. Previous studies have linked stigma with social alienation. However, little is known about the mechanisms behind this relationship.
Yu Wu, Yu Wu, Yu Wu, Zeping Yan, Zeping Yan, Zeping Yan, Lovel Fornah, Jun Zhao, Jun Zhao, Shicai Wu   +9 more
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Investigating the relationship between social stigma and treatment adherence in type 2 diabetes patients at healthcare centers in Northwest Iran [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background The social stigma associated with type 2 diabetes is a significant global mental and social health issue that can hinder treatment adherence among patients.
Maryam Sedaei, Mohammad Ail Mohamadi, Behrouz Dadkhah   +2 more
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Tuberculosis stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic mapping review of research in low incidence countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma is an important social determinant of health. Research generally highlights how stigma can have a considerable impact on individuals and communities, including delays in seeking health care and adherence to treatment ...
G.M. Craig, A. Daftary, N. Engel, S. O’Driscoll, A. Ioannaki   +4 more
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Stigma and mental illness: A comparative study of attitudes and personal constructs [PDF]

, 2010
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Evidence suggests that people with mental illness experience discrimination by being stigmatised both by the general public and by healthcare ...
London, Carlyle
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Social and self-stigma during COVID-19 pandemic: Egyptians’ perspectives

PLoS ONE, 2023
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, Noha Hayek, Sarah Salah Eldien Mahdy, Noura Mahmoud Elsherbiny, Marwa Rashad Salem, Almass Fathi Hassan Taie   +5 more
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Resisting and challenging stigma in Uganda : the role of support groups of people living with HIV [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Global scale up of antiretroviral therapy is changing the context of HIV-related stigma. However, stigma remains an ongoing concern in many countries. Groups of people living with HIV can contribute to the reduction of stigma.
Grace W Mwai, Morten Skovdal, Seeley, Janet, Janet Seeley, Gitau Mburu, David Bitira, Ian Hodgson, Mwai, Grace W., Stegling, Christine, Mala Ram, Christine Stegling, Skovdal, Morten, Mburu, Gitau, Ram, Mala, Bitira, David, Mwai, Grace W, Hodgson, Ian   +16 more
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Self-Compassion and Social Connectedness as Predictors of “Peace and Meaning” during Spain’s Initial COVID-19 Lockdown

Religions, 2021
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, Berta Ausín, Clara González-Sanguino, Miguel Ángel Castellanos, María Salazar, Carolina Marin, Aída López-Gómez, Carolina Ugidos, Manuel Muñoz   +8 more
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Mental health in a heterogeneous clinical sample. A cross-sectional study of predictors and gender differences

Heliyon, 2022
Introduction: Women have been shown to be a vulnerable group in relation to mental health problems over time. Despite this, gender-focused studies are uncommon.
Clara González-Sanguino, Berta Ausín, Miguel Ángel Castellanos, Manuel Muñoz   +3 more
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