BACKGROUND A number of psychiatric patients experience stigma connected to prejudices about mental disorders. It has been shown that stigma is most harmful when it is internalized. Most of the studies were performed on individuals either with psychoses or with mood disorders, and hence, there are almost no studies with other diagnostic categories. The goals of this research were to identify fac...

Abstract While the Kuomintang leadership propagated myth of “overseas Chinese as mother revolution” for their own political ends, was quickly internalized by overseas themselves. The process internalization underwent three stages: from acceptance during late 1920s to self-proclamation “mother and directing criticisms at KMT 1940s, even extending this sense entitlement CCP post-1949 period. By e...

Recognition of the importance authentic leadership is growing in popularity amonleadership scholars. However, little remains known about how it valued or received among practicing school leaders. The purpose this research was to explore perspectives and experiences leaders with reference Irish primary As a scoping study, qualitative design adopted, using semi-structured interviews Core traits s...

Childhood adversity is identified as any exposure to abuse, neglect or family dysfunction. Greater exposure to childhood adversity has been strongly identified with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine differences in creative experiences, fantasy proneness, dispositional flow, exposure to adult traumatic events, and psychopathology (internalized shame, trait a...

To identify psychosocial variables related to the use of coping strategies by HIV-positive South African women diagnosed during pregnancy, structured interviews were conducted with 224 HIV-positive women at antenatal clinics over a period of two years. Two coping styles, active and avoidant coping, were assessed using an adapted version of the Brief 1 Department of Psychology, University of Pre...

Background: There is growing evidence of the negative effects of internalized stigma of mental illness (ISMI) on the quality of life (QL) and self-esteem (SE) of patients with mental disorders. There is still however scant data on the degree to which ISMI influences QL and SE in panic disorder (PD) patients. Aims: To determine the level of ISMI in PD patents and its influence on the QL and SE. ...

The present study examined the relations of minority stressors (i.e., experiences of prejudice, expectations of stigma, internalized biphobia, outness/concealment of bisexuality) as well as posited mental health promoters (i.e., bicultural self-efficacy, cognitive flexibility) with psychological distress and well-being in a sample of 411 bisexual people. Most of the minority stress variables we...