Open AccessDispositional shame and guilt as predictors of depressive symptoms and anxiety among adults with lung cancer: The mediational role of internalized stigma.
Author(s) -
Timothy J. Williamson,
Jamie S. Ostroff,
Noshin Haque,
Chloé Martin,
Heidi Hamann,
Smita C. Banerjee,
Megan Johnson Shen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
stigma and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-6972
pISSN - 2376-6964
DOI - 10.1037/sah0000214
Subject(s) - shame , anxiety , clinical psychology , psychology , psychosocial , lung cancer , mediation , depressive symptoms , stigma (botany) , psycho oncology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , political science , law
The current study investigated whether dispositional tendencies to experience shame and guilt (i.e., shame- and guilt- proneness) were associated with higher levels of internalized stigma and, in turn, higher depressive symptoms and anxiety in adults with lung cancer.