The Mediating Role of Internalized Stigma and Shame on the Relationship between Covid-19 Related Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes among Back-to-School Students in Wuhan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15468288
AutoresHao Li (0000-0001-5192-5458, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ling Zheng (0000-0002-5744-3465, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Hong Le (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Lijun Zhuo (0000-0002-7282-1655, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Qian Wu (0000-0001-5828-6468, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Guoqing Ma (0000-0001-5621-9296, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Hongbing Tao (0000-0003-3823-8789, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número24
Páginas9237-9237
Fecha de publicación2020-12-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17249237
PMID33321881
OpenAlexW3111516079
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas60

Outbreaks of an epidemic, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), always brings about far-ranging discrimination and stigmatization to the epicenter. This was a cross-sectional survey conducted to assess experienced discrimination, internalized stigma, shame, and mental health (anxiety, depression, distress, insomnia) among college students who merely had a perceived linkage with COVID-19, and explore the linkage between discrimination and negative mental health outcomes through the mediating effects of shame and internalized stigma. A total of 995 participants (53% female) were involved in this study, in which 40.9% of college students were reported to be discriminated against because of their experience in Wuhan. The experience of COVID-19-related discrimination is indirectly associated with anxiety, depression, and insomnia, in which shame and internalized stigma play a complete mediating effect. Meanwhile, it is both directly and indirectly associated with distress through shame and internalized stigma. The findings of this study suggest that COVID-19-related discrimination is associated with shame and internalized stigma, which in turn predict psychological symptoms over time

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Distress · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Shame · Social stigma · Stigma (botany · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology