Pathways to Self-Stigma in Parents of Children with a Mental Health Disorder.
Objectives: Self-stigma in parents of children with a mental health disorder is a painful experience, yet the process by which it is formed is poorly understood. A model of this process would improve our understanding and inform intervention development. The two existing models of self-stigma have n...
| Published in: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 1732 - 1745 |
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Jun2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=143194157&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 143194157 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2020 vid: 29 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 143194157 10.1007/s10826-019-01579-2 ppf: 1732 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 732KB tig: atl: Pathways to Self-Stigma in Parents of Children with a Mental Health Disorder. aug: au: Eaton, Kim Stritzke, Werner G. K. Corrigan, Patrick W. Ohan, Jeneva L. affil: University of Western Australia, 6009, Crawley, WA, Australia Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment, Chicago, IL, USA su: Psychological distress Mental illness Parent-child relationships Parenting Parents of children with disabilities Self-perception Shame Qualitative research Psychosocial factors Well-being Structural equation modeling sug: subj: Psychological distress Mental illness Parent-child relationships Parenting Parents of children with disabilities Self-perception Shame Qualitative research Psychosocial factors Well-being Structural equation modeling keyword: Blame Parent ideal Self-doubt Self-stigma Blame Parent ideal Self-doubt Self-stigma ab: Objectives: Self-stigma in parents of children with a mental health disorder is a painful experience, yet the process by which it is formed is poorly understood. A model of this process would improve our understanding and inform intervention development. The two existing models of self-stigma have not been tested with parents of children with a mental health disorder specifically, and are inconsistent with qualitative research findings suggesting an alternative explanation. Thus, this study aimed to test a model of parents' self-stigma drawn from qualitative research, in which parents' awareness of stigma predicts parents' self-doubt about their parenting, self-doubt predicts self-stigma, which in turn predicts affective distress. Methods: Parents of children with a mental health disorder (n = 424) completed measures representing each of these model components. Results: Using structural equation modelling and after controlling for child symptoms and demographics, significant direct pathways were found from awareness of stigma to self-doubt, self-doubt to self-stigma, and self-stigma to affective distress. Conclusions: These findings suggest that self-doubt is an important step in internalising stigma as self-stigma. Furthermore, self-stigma is related to serious consequences for parents' psychological wellbeing and hence, the parent-child relationship. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for theory and self-stigma interventions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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