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People with physical disability in Serbia: Relationship between internalized stigma, experienced and anticipated discrimination, and empowerment
Author(s) -
MilačićVidojević Ivona,
Čolić Marija,
Tošković Oliver,
Dragojević Nada
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/sjop.12603
Subject(s) - empowerment , psychology , stigma (botany) , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , mental illness , mental health , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
The aim of present study was to explore relationships between experienced and anticipated discrimination, internalized stigma, and empowerment among people with physical disabilities in Serbia. The convenience sample consisted of persons with different types of physical disabilities. The following scales were administrated: The Discrimination and Stigma Scale, the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, and the Boston University Empowerment Scale. An analysis showed that internalized stigma was correlated with experienced and anticipated discrimination and empowerment, while no correlation was found between empowerment and discrimination. People with physical disabilities who experienced and anticipated discrimination are at higher risk of reporting internalized stigma.