TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Stigma Exposure in Schizophrenia
T2 - The Key Role of Self-concept Clarity
AU - Noyman-Veksler, Gal
AU - Weinberg, Dafna
AU - Fennig, Shmuel
AU - Davidson, Larry
AU - Shahar, Golan
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 1 March 2012; accepted 14 September 2012; first published online 22 October 2012. The study described in this manuscript was funded by a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award to Golan Shahar. This manuscript is based on Gal Noyman’s Masters of the Arts Thesis, supervised by Golan Shahar. Correspondence should be addressed to: Gal Noyman, Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 800 Ben-Gurion Avenue, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Exposure to stigmatization is a serious complication of mental illness in general, and of schizophrenia in particular. Adopting an action-theory approach, according to which individuals shape their own social environment (Shahar, 2006), we examined the role of four self-concept aspects in patients' perception of exposure to stigmatization: self-esteem level and stability, perception of the self as ill, and self-concept clarity. Out-patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (N = 89) were assessed twice, separated by a six-week interval, as to their symptoms, the above self-concept aspects, and stigmatization. Self-concept clarity was the sole predictor of (a reduction in) perceived exposure to stigmatization, possibly by shielding individuals against the deleterious effects of past discrimination and marginalization.
AB - Exposure to stigmatization is a serious complication of mental illness in general, and of schizophrenia in particular. Adopting an action-theory approach, according to which individuals shape their own social environment (Shahar, 2006), we examined the role of four self-concept aspects in patients' perception of exposure to stigmatization: self-esteem level and stability, perception of the self as ill, and self-concept clarity. Out-patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (N = 89) were assessed twice, separated by a six-week interval, as to their symptoms, the above self-concept aspects, and stigmatization. Self-concept clarity was the sole predictor of (a reduction in) perceived exposure to stigmatization, possibly by shielding individuals against the deleterious effects of past discrimination and marginalization.
KW - Schizophrenia
KW - Self
KW - Stigmatization
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.1080/15298868.2012.732265
DO - 10.1080/15298868.2012.732265
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AN - SCOPUS:84885162554
SN - 1529-8868
VL - 12
SP - 663
EP - 674
JO - Self and Identity
JF - Self and Identity
IS - 6
ER -