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Affiliate stigma of mental illness in family caregivers of persons with mental illness in Hong Kong.
- Source :
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry; Dec2022, Vol. 68 Issue 8, p1698-1707, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Affiliate stigma of family caregivers may severely influence family caregiving, early treatment, and recovery of people with mental illness (PMI), and it may be impacted by the knowledge of mental illness and contact with PMI. However, little is known about the correlation between affiliate stigma of family caregivers of PMI and contact in Hong Kong. Aims: This study aimed to investigate affiliate stigma and its influencing factors among family caregivers of PMI in Hong Kong. Methods: A total of 106 family caregivers in Hong Kong participated in the study. The measurements included affiliate stigma, contacts (quantity, quality, and level), knowledge, prejudice, and discriminatory behaviors. Multiple regression analyses were employed. Results: The mean score of affiliate stigma scale (ASS) in family caregivers was 2.17 (SD = 0.65). In regression analyses, the results showed that contact quantity and contact level were significantly associated with higher affiliate stigma and its cognitive domain, while contact quality (e.g. positive contact) were significantly associated with lower affiliate stigma and its all domains among family caregivers. The positive relationship between prejudicial attitudes and affiliate stigma was also found. Conclusions: Affiliate stigma is severe among family caregivers of PMI in Hong Kong. The results of this study indicate that contact, especially positive contact, contributes to reducing affiliate stigma among family caregivers of PMI. The results of this study are important for development of health policy on reducing stigma in family caregivers of PMI. The effectiveness of Enhancing Contact Model (ECM) should be examined in future anti-stigma interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH policy
CAREGIVER attitudes
ANALYSIS of variance
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIAL stigma
PREJUDICES
COGNITION
REGRESSION analysis
HEALTH literacy
CRONBACH'S alpha
T-test (Statistics)
ATTITUDES toward illness
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
POLICY sciences
DATA analysis software
MENTAL illness
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00207640
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159841834
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640211057723