Open AccessFrom discrimination to internalized mental illness stigma: The mediating roles of anticipated discrimination and anticipated stigma.
Author(s) -
Diane M. Quinn,
Michelle Williams,
Bradley M. Weisz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1559-3126
pISSN - 1095-158X
DOI - 10.1037/prj0000136
Subject(s) - mental illness , psychology , stigma (botany) , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , feeling , ambivalence , clinical psychology , social stigma , devaluation , mental health , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , family medicine , artificial intelligence , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , computer science , exchange rate , economics , macroeconomics
Internalizing mental illness stigma is related to poorer well-being, but less is known about the factors that predict levels of internalized stigma. This study explored how experiences of discrimination relate to greater anticipation of discrimination and devaluation in the future and how anticipation of stigma in turn predicts greater stigma internalization.