Stigma and disclosure: Implications for coming out of the closet

By P. Corrigan, A. Matthews. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Identity, mental health and work: How employees with mental health conditions recount stigma and the pejorative discourse of mental illness (2018, unknown): “As there is not a well-developed body of research critically exploring identities and MHCs at work, the analysis presented here provides important insight into the prominent approach for studying mental health in the workplace (Corrigan and Matthews, 2003; Thoits, 2016).”
Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners (2009, unknown): “In fact, for some LGBTQ individuals, it may be adaptive to conceal one’s identity to avoid discrimination and sexual-orientation-related victimization (Balsam and Syzmanski 2005; Corrigan and Matthews 2003).”
Self‐stigma and the “why try” effect: impact on life goals and evidence‐based practices (2009, background): “Based on other qualitative research with mental health advocates (65,66), her work summarized four levels of disclosure.”
Countries and Cultural Differences in the Stigma of Mental Illness: The East–West Divide (2020, background): “…mental health treatment has negative long-lasting consequences for one’s own social status; Borinstein, 1992); and disclosure spillover concerns (fearing that one’s friends or families would experience negative consequences if an individual’s mental illness was revealed; Corrigan & Matthews, 2003).”
Erasing the Stigma: Where Science Meets Advocacy (2013, unknown): “…interest, research shows that coming out generally has positive effects on one’s self-image, actually diminishing self-stigma (Bos, Kanner, Muris, Janssen, & Mayer, 2009; Corrigan & Matthews, 2003; Corrigan et al., 2010; Hyman, 2008; Pachankis, 2007; Rosario, Hunter, Maguen, Gwadz, & Smith, 2001).”
Increasing Resilience: Strategies for Reducing Dropout Rates for College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities (2010, background): “Specifically, the mission of SEd programs is to help people with psychiatric disabilities achieve their postsecondary education goals (Mowbray et al, 2003 ).”
Whitened Résumés (2016, background): “Further, while prior work (e.g., Corrigan and Matthews, 2003; Ragins, 2008) has focused on how people disclose their stigma to varying degrees across different life domains (e.g., the workplace versus a non-work domain), we show that individuals disclose their stigma to varying degrees even within…”
Perceived public stigma and the willingness to seek counseling: The mediating roles of self-stigma and attitudes toward counseling. (2007, background): “Given the negative perceptions of those who seek psychological services, it is not surprising that individuals hide their psychological concerns and avoid treatment to limit the harmful consequences associated with being stigmatized ( Corrigan & Matthews, 2003 ).”
Measuring the Self-Stigma Associated With Seeking Psychological Help (2006, background): “Thus, researchers hypothesize that people hide psychological concerns and avoid treat-ment to limit the harmful consequences associated with public stigma (Corrigan & Matthews, 2003).”
Mental illness stigma: Concepts, consequences, and initiatives to reduce stigma (2005, background): “Whether or not individuals decide to disclose will depend on context and their sense of identity [29].”
Perceived Stigma and Barriers to Care for Psychological Treatment: Implications for Reactions to Stressors in Different Contexts (2008, background): “Corrigan and Matthews (2003) have referred to the perceived stigma we are assessing in the present research as label avoidance: Individuals will not want to seek help because doing so would result in the negative consequences associated with the label of seeking treatment.”