Corrigan Patrick W, Morris Scott, Larson Jon, Rafacz Jennifer, Wassel Abigail, Michaels Patrick, Wilkniss Sandra, Batia Karen, Rüsch Nicolas
Illinois Institute of Technology.
J Community Psychol. 2010 Apr 1;38(3):259-275. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20363.
Self-stigma can undermine self-esteem and self-efficacy of people with serious mental illness. Coming out may be one way of handling self-stigma and it was expected that coming out would mediate the effects of self-stigma on quality of life. This study compares coming out to other approaches of controlling self-stigma. Eighty-five people with serious mental illness completed measures of coming out (called the Coming Out with Mental Illness Scale, COMIS), self-stigma, quality of life, and strategies for managing self-stigma. An exploratory factor analysis of the COMIS uncovered two constructs: benefits of being out (BBO) and reasons for staying in. A mediational analysis showed BBO diminished self-stigma effects on quality of life. A factor analysis of measures of managing self-stigma yielded three factors. Benefits of being out was associated with two of these: affirming strategies and becoming aloof, not with strategies of shame. Implications for how coming out enhances the person's quality of life are discussed.
自我污名化会损害严重精神疾病患者的自尊和自我效能感。公开自身病情可能是应对自我污名化的一种方式,并且预期公开病情会调节自我污名化对生活质量的影响。本研究将公开病情与其他控制自我污名化的方法进行比较。八十五名严重精神疾病患者完成了关于公开病情(称为“精神疾病公开量表”,COMIS)、自我污名化、生活质量以及管理自我污名化策略的测量。对COMIS进行的探索性因素分析揭示了两个结构:公开病情的益处(BBO)和隐瞒病情的原因。中介分析表明,BBO减弱了自我污名化对生活质量的影响。对管理自我污名化措施的因素分析产生了三个因素。公开病情的益处与其中两个因素相关:肯定策略和变得冷漠,与羞耻策略无关。本文讨论了公开病情如何提高患者生活质量的相关问题。