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SELF‐STIGMA AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO RECEIVE COMPULSORY COMMUNITY TREATMENT SERVICES
Author(s) -
Livingston James
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21476
Subject(s) - stigma (botany) , mental illness , quality of life (healthcare) , mental health , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , longitudinal study , medicine , psychotherapist , pathology
The present study was designed to examine the relationship between self‐stigma and quality of life over a one year time period for 71 people with mental illness who were receiving compulsory community mental health treatment. It was hypothesized that, over time, self‐stigma would have the direct effect of eroding quality of life among people with mental illness who were receiving compulsory community treatment; however, this relationship was not confirmed by the data. Although the cross‐sectional analyses revealed a moderate, negative relationship between self‐stigma and quality of life, the longitudinal analyses indicated that self‐stigma was not a significant predictor of quality of life. Among the variables measured in the current study, psychiatric symptom severity was the strongest predictor of quality of life.