Stigma as a barrier to recovery: The consequences of stigma for the self-esteem of people with mental illnesses.

By Bruce G. Link, E. Struening, S. Neese-Todd, S. Asmussen, J. Phelan. Psychiatric Services, 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. D. Vogel
2. P. Corrigan
3. N. Wade
4. J. Phelan
5. P. Thoits
6. J. Ritsher
7. Ashley H. Hackler
8. Z. Shechtman

In Psychiatry and Mental health

1. P. Thoits
2. P. Corrigan
3. J. Ritsher
4. J. Phelan
5. Bruce G. Link
6. D. Vogel
7. Nerilee Hing

In Social Psychology

1. D. Vogel
2. P. Corrigan
3. P. Thoits
4. J. Phelan
5. N. Wade
6. A. Watson
7. Bruce G. Link
8. J. Ritsher

Citations in the corpus

• Measuring mental illness stigma. (2004, background): “Link (1987; Link et al. 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001) developed a 12-item perceived devaluation-discrimination measure that asks respondents the extent to which they agree or disagree with statements indicating that most people devalue current or former psychiatric patients by seeing them as failures, as…”
• The Self–Stigma of Mental Illness: Implications for Self–Esteem and Self–Efficacy (2006, result): “This finding, although consistent with Link et al. (1997, 2001) is puzzling nonetheless in light of the nonsignificant association between stereotype agreement and self–esteem or self–efficacy.”
• The impact of contact on stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness (2003, background): “Through media exposure, the public learns that people with mental illnesses are dangerous and that they should be avoided.”
• Measuring Perceptions of Stigmatization by Others for Seeking Psychological Help: Reliability and Validity of a New Stigma Scale With College Students (2009, background): “88, and the scale has been shown to predict lower self-esteem in community samples 24 months later (Link et al., 2001).”
• Perceived stigma and self-stigma of problem gambling: perspectives of people with gambling problems (2016, background): “(50, F, 25–34) The interviews revealed minimal evidence of use of other forms of coping, such as withdrawal, educating and challenging (Link et al., 2001), although cognitive distancing was evident in delays in problem acknowledgement and avoidance of help services, as these would confirm the…”
• Perceived public stigma and the willingness to seek counseling: The mediating roles of self-stigma and attitudes toward counseling. (2007, background): “Estimates of internal consistency range from .76 to .88 among clinical and community samples (Link et al., 1989, 2001).”
• Internalized stigma of mental illness: psychometric properties of a new measure. (2003, methodology): “The scale has excellent psychometric properties and reliably predicts deterioration in CES-D depression scores and Rosenberg self-esteem scores in follow-up studies of people treated for mental illness(Link et al., 1997, 2001).”