Understanding the Importance of "symbolic Interaction Stigma": How Expectations about the Reactions of Others Adds to the Burden of Mental Illness Stigma

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-124

  Link, Bruce G ^a   Wells, Jennifer ^a   Phelan, Jo C ^a   Yang, Lawrence ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

isolation; rejection; stigma; symbolic interaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945921783     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/prj0000142     Document Type: Article

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