Resisting the Stigma of Mental Illness
The relationship between stigmatization and the self-regard of patients/consumers with mental disorder is negative but only moderate in strength, probably because a subset of persons with mental illness resists devaluation and discrimination by others. Resistance has seldom been discussed in the sti...
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| description | The relationship between stigmatization and the self-regard of patients/consumers with mental disorder is negative but only moderate in strength, probably because a subset of persons with mental illness resists devaluation and discrimination by others. Resistance has seldom been discussed in the stigma and labeling literatures, and thus conditions under which individuals are resistant have not been identified. I define resistance as opposition to the imposition of mental illness stereotypes by others and distinguish between deflecting (" that's not me") and challenging resistance strategies. Individuals should be more likely to employ resistance strategies when they have: past experience with stigma resistance; past familiarity with an ill family member or friend; symptoms that are non-severe or controlled; treatment experience in settings run by consumers; initially high levels of psychosocial coping resources; and multiple role-identities. Incorporating resistance into classic and modified labeling theories of mental illness highlights the personal agency of labeled individuals, missing especially in classic labeling theory. |
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| subjects | Behavior Behavioural psychology Beliefs Biological and medical sciences Consumers Cooley-Mead Award 2010 Coping Coping strategies Devaluation Discrimination Disorders Familiarity Friendship Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human agency Identity Illness and personality Illness, stress and coping Imposition Labeling Labeling (of Persons) Labelling Mental Disorders Mental Health Mental Illness Mental Patients Patients Perception Practitioner patient relationship Product labeling Psychology and medicine Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychosocial factors Resistance Role Self Self Concept Self esteem Social Bias Social Control Social Distance Social psychology Social roles Social stigma Stereotypes Stigma Stigmatization Survival strategy Symptoms Symptoms (Individual Disorders) Theories Theory |
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