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T1 Talking about mental illness, professional help, self-esteem and health. A structural equation model of implicit and explicit internalized stigma
A1 González Sanguino, Teresa Clara
AB This study aims to investigate the development and consequences of the internalized stigma (IS) explicitly and implicitlyassessed, in relation to a longer time seeking professional help, avoidance of talking about the mental illness, self-esteem andgeneral health perception. A structural equation model was developed in a clinical sample with heterogeneous psychiatricdiagnoses (N = 160). Results show that not talking about the illness and taking longer to ask for professional help is related toa higher IS, leading to poorer self-esteem and general health. Time in asking for help also has impact on the self-esteem, with theIS as a mediator between both variables. The self-esteem also mediates the negative relationship between IS and general health.Additionally, implicit IS has direct negative effects over self-esteem. The research underlines the important relationship betweenthese psychosocial variables and IS. More studies are needed about implicit IS in order to better understand its effects andrelationship with explicit IS and other relevant variables. Efforts should be made to encourage professional help and talking aboutmental illness in order to prevent IS, as well as interventions focused on damaged self-esteem to reduce its impact.
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64569
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64569
LA eng
NO Curr Psychol 42, 6031–6042
DS UVaDOC
RD 23-nov-2024