The sense of coherence as a predictor of the scope and impact of stigma experiences among people with mental illness

Piotr Świtaj; Marta Anczewska; Anna Chrostek; Paweł Grygiel; Katarzyna Prot-Klinger; Marzanna Choma; Jacek Wciórka

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2013.04.018

The sense of coherence as a predictor of the scope and impact of stigma experiences among people with mental illness

Psychiatry Res. 2013 Sep 30;209(2):249-51. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.04.018. Epub 2013 May 13.

Authors

Piotr Świtaj¹, Marta Anczewska, Anna Chrostek, Paweł Grygiel, Katarzyna Prot-Klinger, Marzanna Choma, Jacek Wciórka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, ul. Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland. [email protected]

PMID: 23680467
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.04.018

Abstract

This study explored the role of the sense of coherence (SOC) in predicting the scope and impact of stigma experiences in 229 patients with schizophrenia or affective disorders. Findings revealed that SOC significantly predicted lower levels of stigma, accounting for 13% of the variance in stigma experiences and 4% of the variance in stigma impact, over and above that explained by background characteristics, diagnosis and the psychiatric symptoms of the participants.

Keywords: Mental illness; Sense of coherence; Stigma.

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / physiopathology*
Mental Disorders / psychology*
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Regression Analysis
Sense of Coherence / physiology*
Social Stigma*