OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to test the psychological and behavioural patterns of stigma (self-esteem and social participation) and their relationship to self-stigma, patient activation for engaging in self-care and glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING 2 tertiary-level hospitals and 2 secondary-level hospital...

BACKGROUND Current research attention has been moving toward the needs of patients and their consequences for the quality of life (QoL). Self-stigma is a maladaptive psychosocial phenomenon disturbing the QoL in a substantial number of psychiatric patients. In our study, we examined the relationship between demographic data, the severity of symptoms, self-stigma, and QoL in patients with schizo...

Background: Lack of insight is a major target in the treatment of schizophrenia. However, insight may have undesirable effects on self-concept and motivation that can hinder recovery. This study aimed to examine the link between insight, self-stigma and demoralization as predictors of symptoms and functioning. Methods: Insight, self-stigma, depressive and psychotic symptoms, and functioning wer...

Lack of insight is a major target in the treatment of schizophrenia. However, insight may have undesirable effects on self-concept and motivation that can hinder recovery. This study aimed to examine the link between insight, self-stigma, and demoralization as predictors of symptoms and functioning. Insight, self-stigma, depressive and psychotic symptoms, and functioning were assessed among 133...

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the mediating effect of self-efficacy in the relationship between internalized stigma and treatment adherence among community dwelling patient with mental illness. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed. Participants were 145 people with mental illness who were enrolled at one of 11 community mental health institutions in Busan, South K...

Background: Lack of insight is a major target in the treatment of schizophrenia. However, insight may have undesirable effects on self-concept and motivation that can hinder recovery. This study aimed to examine the link between insight, self-stigma and demoralization as predictors of symptoms and functioning. Methods: Insight, self-stigma, depressive and psychotic symptoms, and functioning wer...

This study examined the mediating effects of the self-stigma associated with seeking counseling and attitudes toward seeking counseling on the link between perceived public stigma and willingness to seek counseling for psychological and interpersonal concerns. Structural equation modeling of data from 676 undergraduates indicated that the link between perceived public stigma and willingness to ...

Introduction The association between insight, stigma and self-concept has been considered as a potential predictor of poor clinical outcomes global functioning in psychosis. In patients with delusional disorder (DD), the effects self-stigma have poorly explored. Objectives Our main goal was to systematically review studies addressing DD assess whether these phenomena an impact on symptoms. Meth...

BACKGROUND Self-stigma has been highlighted and researched in relation to patients with chronic illnesses, as it may have a negative impact on their treatment adherence. However, self-stigma has not yet been investigated in patients with type 2 diabetes. In order to evaluate the extent to which patients with type 2 diabetes experience self-stigma, which may result in their poor self-care manage...

In many angiosperms, outcrossing is enforced by genetic self-incompatibility (SI), which allows cells of the pistil to recognize and specifically inhibit "self" pollen. SI is often associated with increased stigma-anther separation, a morphological trait that promotes cross-pollen deposition on the stigma. However, the gene networks responsible for coordinate evolution of these complex outbreed...