Stigmatization: Addressing Self-Esteem and Personal Growth in Patients with Psychological and Physiological Illness
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper reviews comparison of the impact of perceived stigma onself-esteem and personal growth of patients who are diagnosed withpsychological and physiological illness. The sample consisted of 188out-door patients; 100 psychiatric patients of depression and 88physical patients of diabetes taken from Khawaja Fareed Hospital andAshraf Naseer Hospital in Multan respectively. PerceivedDevaluation–Discrimination Scale, Index of Self-Esteem, and PersonalGrowth Initiative Scale were used to collect information. Resultsindicated the significant differences in measured variables. Thefindings showed that psychiatric patients perceive higher stigma andreport lower degree of self-esteem and personal growth than diabeticpatients. Results further indicated that perceived stigma is negativelyassociated with self-esteem and personal growth, and this relationshipis higher for psychiatric patients than diabetic patients.
Author: Sarwat Sultan
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2556158972