The power to resist: The relationship between power, stigma, and negative symptoms in schizophrenia

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

卷:215

Article

Campellone, Timothy R.¹  Caponigro, Janelle M.¹  Kring, Ann M.¹ 

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Psychol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

关键词: Internalized stigma;    Stigma resistance;    Motivation/pleasure;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2013.11.020

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Stigmatizing beliefs about mental illness can be a daily struggle for people with schizophrenia. While investigations into the impact of internalizing stigma on negative symptoms have yielded mixed results, resistance to stigmatizing beliefs has received little attention. In this study, we examined the linkage between internalized stigma, stigma resistance, negative symptoms, and social power, or perceived ability to influence others during social interactions among people with schizophrenia. Further, we sought to determine whether resistance to stigma would be bolstered by social power, with greater power in relationships with other possibly buffering against motivation/pleasure negative symptoms. Fifty-one people with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder completed measures of social power, internalized stigma, and stigma resistance. Negative symptoms were assessed using the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS). Greater social power was associated with less internalized stigma and negative symptoms as well as more stigma resistance. Further, the relationship between social power and negative symptoms was partially mediated by stigma resistance. These findings provide evidence for the role of stigma resistance as a viable target for psychosocial interventions aimed at improving motivation and social power in people with schizophrenia. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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