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Social Stigma of People with Dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2020
In a broad sense, the concept of social stigmatization (from the Greek word “stigma”, or sign) refers to the attitude of social disapproval and the negative reception of a specific group of people due to the characteristic features of this group. The problem of stigma affects many people, and it is also present in medicine and affects people with ...
Konrad Rejdak, Magdalena Rewerska-Juśko
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Revisiting the social stigma of loneliness

Personality and Individual Differences, 2021
Abstract In past studies examining the stigmatization of loneliness, perceivers evaluated hypothetical targets who were lonely and socially inept or reclusive. For example, Lau and Gruen (1992) described the lonely target as a person who “pretty much keeps to himself.” This is problematic because recent research shows that lonely people do not have
Natalie A. Kerr, Taylor B. Stanley
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Stigma and Social Inequality

2014
Since the publication in 1963 of Goffman’s book, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity the use of stigma concepts has grown enormously. For scores of stigmatizing circumstances the stigma concept provides a way to give expression to the social predicaments people encounter.
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The Social Bases of Welfare Stigma

Social Problems, 1974
Use of the concept of welfare stigma suggests the theoretical framework of the labeling approach to deviance. In a review of issues from that literature, we distinguish between feelings of shame and expectations of liability as possible responses to a stigmatized role.
Patricia Lee Austin, Patrick M. Horan
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Mental health: The burden of social stigma

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021
AbstractThe burden of mental health has two facets, social and psychological. Social stigma causes individuals who suspect to be suffering from a mental condition to conceal it, importantly by seeking care from a nonspecialist provider willing to diagnose it as physical disease.
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Social Exclusion and Stigma

2009
This book chapter is not available through ChesterRep. ; This book chapter discusses categorising stigma, understanding stigma from a perspective of affective psychology, and working towards social inclusion.
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Stigma and Social Exclusion

2004
T he need to form and maintain lasting, positive, and significant relation-ships with others is a fundamental human motive (Baumeister & Leary,1995). People strongly desire social attachments, exert considerable energy to develop and sustain them, and are adversely affected by their dissolution or absence (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Williams, 2001). The
Brenda Major, Collette P. Eccleston
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Stigma and social control [PDF]

open access: possible, 2002
Social interactions provide a set of incentives for regulating individual behavior. Chief among these is stigma, the status loss and discrimination that results from the display of stigmatized attributes or behaviors. The stigmatization of behavior is the enforcement mechanism behind social norms.
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Stigma And Social Identity

2018
From Erving Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, pp. 1-19, © 1963. Reprinted by permission of Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Erving Goffman, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, has tried throughout his career to develop a rich and subtle microsociological theory of face-
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Youth Homelessness and Social Stigma

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Building upon previous exploratory qualitative research (Kidd SA (2003) Child Adol Social Work J 20(4):235-261), this paper examines the mental health implications of social stigma as it is experienced by homeless youth. Surveys conducted with 208 youths on the streets and in agencies in New York City and Toronto revealed significant associations ...
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