Self‐stigma and the mediating impact of the “why try” effect on depression

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11044649
AutoresPatrick W Corrigan (0000-0001-7405-4173, Illinois Institute of Technology, autor correspondente), Katherine Nieweglowski (0000-0002-3837-1056, Illinois Institute of Technology), Janis Sayer (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Ano2019
Volume47
Fascículo3
Páginas698-705
Data de publicação2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22144
PMID30499106
OpenAlexW2902270919
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas17

The “why try” effect, a consequence of self‐stigma, is a sense of behavioral futility that may worsen depression. This study examines the regressive model of self‐stigma, the factor structure of a why try measure, and the pathway through which self‐stigma leads to depression. Data from 291 people self‐identifying with mental illness were collected through an online survey. Participants completed the Why Try Stigma Scale (WTSS) and measures of self‐stigma and depression. Structural equation modeling was used to test the WTSS factor structure and path models. Reducing the WTSS from 12 to 6 items led to good fit. The regressive model of self‐stigma was validated. A good fit was demonstrated for a model in which harm leads to unworthiness, then incapability, and then depression. The regressive model worsens sense of worthiness, which in turn affects personal capability, resulting in increased depression

Depression (economics) · Harm · Mental health · Mental illness · Path analysis (statistics) · Psychiatry · Stigma (botany) · Structural equation modeling · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology