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Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021
COVID-19-related stigmatization of affected people or people at risk of infection has been shown to enhance the reluctance of affected individuals to use health services and reduce their mental health. It is thus highly important to gain a thorough understanding of COVID-19-related stigmatization. T...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10194892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37200379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285788 |
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author | Bisenius, Sandrine Treml, Julia Hanschmidt, Franz Kersting, Anette |
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description | COVID-19-related stigmatization of affected people or people at risk of infection has been shown to enhance the reluctance of affected individuals to use health services and reduce their mental health. It is thus highly important to gain a thorough understanding of COVID-19-related stigmatization. The present study’s first aim was to explore stigmatization profiles of experienced stigmatization (anticipated stigmatization, internalized stigmatization, enacted stigmatization, disclosure concerns) and stigmatization practices in 371 German people at high risk of infection using latent class analyses. The second aim was to investigate the relationship between stigmatization profiles and psychological distress via multiple regression analysis taking into account other possible negative and positive risk factors. Our results showed two stigmatization profiles: "high stigmatization group" and "low stigmatization group". Belonging to the "high stigmatization group" was significantly correlated with higher levels of psychological distress. Other risk factors significantly related to psychological distress were mental health disorders in the past, exposure to COVID-19, fear related to COVID-19, perceived risk of being infected, lower perceived self-efficacy, and lower subjective knowledge about COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-101948922023-05-19 Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 Bisenius, Sandrine Treml, Julia Hanschmidt, Franz Kersting, Anette PLoS One Research Article COVID-19-related stigmatization of affected people or people at risk of infection has been shown to enhance the reluctance of affected individuals to use health services and reduce their mental health. It is thus highly important to gain a thorough understanding of COVID-19-related stigmatization. The present study’s first aim was to explore stigmatization profiles of experienced stigmatization (anticipated stigmatization, internalized stigmatization, enacted stigmatization, disclosure concerns) and stigmatization practices in 371 German people at high risk of infection using latent class analyses. The second aim was to investigate the relationship between stigmatization profiles and psychological distress via multiple regression analysis taking into account other possible negative and positive risk factors. Our results showed two stigmatization profiles: "high stigmatization group" and "low stigmatization group". Belonging to the "high stigmatization group" was significantly correlated with higher levels of psychological distress. Other risk factors significantly related to psychological distress were mental health disorders in the past, exposure to COVID-19, fear related to COVID-19, perceived risk of being infected, lower perceived self-efficacy, and lower subjective knowledge about COVID-19. Public Library of Science 2023-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10194892/ /pubmed/37200379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285788 Text en © 2023 Bisenius et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bisenius, Sandrine Treml, Julia Hanschmidt, Franz Kersting, Anette Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 |
title | Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 |
title_full | Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 |
title_fullStr | Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 |
title_full_unstemmed | Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 |
title_short | Stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with COVID-19 –A study conducted in Germany from March to August 2021 |
title_sort | stigmatization profiles and psychological distress in people at high risk of infection with covid-19 –a study conducted in germany from march to august 2021 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10194892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37200379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285788 |
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