title: The sense of coherence as a predictor of the scope and impact of stigma experiences among people with mental illness.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, ul. Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland. switaj@ipin.edu.pl
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Świtaj
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anczewska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chrostek
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grygiel
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prot-Klinger
authors.forename: Marzanna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choma
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wciórka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D060685:Sense of Coherence / Q000502:physiology*; D057545:Social Stigma
keywords: Mental illness; Sense of coherence; Stigma