Factors influencing the level of self-stigmatisation in people with mental illness
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00064165:_____/18:10376829
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764018766561" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764018766561</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764018766561" target="_blank" >10.1177/0020764018766561</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Factors influencing the level of self-stigmatisation in people with mental illness
Original language description
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess sociodemographic factors and factors connected with treatment of mental illness and to decide whether they can influence the level of self-stigma. Method: Sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, family status, level of employment, level of education) and characteristics related to illness and treatment (diagnosis, length of treatment, adherence to treatment) were gathered in a group of patients in stable mental condition, without acute symptoms of mental illness. Self-stigma was measured using the Self-stigma of Mental Illness Scale - short form (SSMIS-SF). Results: The sample included 197 patients: 99 patients in group 1 (G1) with psychosis and 98 in group 2 (G2) with anxious and affective disorders. The average age was 44.1512.91years, the length of illness was 11.67 +/- 9.21years and 48% of patients were men. The total average SSMIS-SF score was 61.54 +/- 23.34. We found no statistically significant difference in the total level of self-stigmatisation between these groups (t(197) = 0.77; p = .441). The level of self-stigmatisation (total score of SSMIS-SF) in patients in G1 (psychosis) increased with the length of illness r(99) = .253; p = .011. Employment status seems to correlate with the level of self-stigmatisation (F(3, 184) = 5.27; p = .002). Patients unemployed and on disability pension had higher levels of self-stigmatisation than patients working full-time. Patients who took medication regularly (full medical adherence) had lower scores of SSMIS-SF total scores in comparison with patients with lower compliance (t(195) = 3.476; p = .001; Cohen's d = .25). Conclusion: According to our results, with regard to the factors that were followed, self-stigmatisation correlates with the presence of employment (social inclusion), duration of illness in patients with psychosis and treatment adherence. We did not find a statistically significant influence of age, gender, marital status or clinical diagnosis on the level of self-stigma.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30215 - Psychiatry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
ISSN
0020-7640
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
64
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
374-380
UT code for WoS article
000432985400010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85044969304