title: Determinants of felt stigma in epilepsy.
abstract: The present study aimed to determine the level of felt stigma, overprotection, concealment, and concerns related to epilepsy in different life domains by using culturally-specific scales for Turkish individuals with epilepsy. Also, it aimed to detect relations among the study variables and to determine the variables which predict felt stigma. For this purpose, felt stigma scale, overprotection scale, concealment of epilepsy scale, and concerns of epilepsy scale were administered to two hundred adult persons with epilepsy (PWE). The results showed that almost half of the participants reported felt stigma, overprotection, concealment of epilepsy, concerns related to future occupation, and concerns related to social life. Almost all the study variables show correlations with each other. Concealment of epilepsy, concerns related to social life, and concerns related to future occupation were found as the predictors of felt stigma.
authors.affiliation: Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychology, Izmir 35330, Turkey. Electronic address: Nuran.aydemir@ieu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aydemir
authors.affiliation: Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychology, Izmir 35330, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.affiliation: Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychology, Izmir 35330, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yıldız
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Öztura
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baklan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D057545:Social Stigma; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Concealment of illness; Concerns related to epilepsy; Epilepsy; Felt stigma; Overprotection