Mental illness stigma and barriers to care: exploring the role of social support as a moderator
| Author(s) | Ryan, Taylor C. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2018-09-26T11:29:09Z | |
| Date Available | 2018-09-26T11:29:09Z | |
| Publication Date | 2018 | |
| SWORD Update | 2018-07-23T22:13:44Z | |
| Abstract | Every year in America approximately 43.8 million people face some form of mental illness (NAMNI, 2016). Stigma acts as a barrier to care for many people experiencing mental illness (Corrigan, 2004), yet there is evidence that social support may act as a resilience tool by protecting people from the negative impact of stigma (Earnshaw et al., 2015). This study explored whether stigma is associated with poor attitudes toward help seeking among individuals living with mental illness, and if social support moderates this association. A total of 98 people with mental illness were surveyed online about their experience with mental health stigma impact, social support, and attitudes towards help seeking. This is one of the first studies to examine mental health and stigma from a broader lens of stigma by using a measure of stigma impact. The results demonstrate stigma impact is associated with poorer attitudes toward help seeking. Moreover, at low levels of social support, there is no association between stigma impact and help seeking attitudes. At high levels of social support, stigma impact is associated with worse attitudes toward help seeking. | en_US |
| Advisor | Earnshaw, Valerie A. | |
| Degree | M.S. | |
| Department | University of Delaware, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.58088/266b-2w14 | |
| Unique Identifier | 1054245691 | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/23823 | |
| Language | en | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| URI | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2085979937?accountid=10457 | |
| Keywords | Psychology | en_US |
| Keywords | Health and environmental sciences | en_US |
| Keywords | Barriers to care | en_US |
| Keywords | Health care | en_US |
| Keywords | Help seeking | en_US |
| Keywords | Mental health | en_US |
| Keywords | Social support | en_US |
| Keywords | Stigma | en_US |
| Title | Mental illness stigma and barriers to care: exploring the role of social support as a moderator | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |