Effect of Internalized Stigma on Self-Esteem and Loneliness among Mentally Ill Patients | ||
| Menoufia Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2019, May 2019, Pages 25-33 PDF (752.42 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/menj.2019.152596 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Lobna Atya Elwan Ali1; Amal Ibrahim Sabra2; Faten Mohammed Ahmed3 | ||
| 1Psychiatric and Mental health nursing | ||
| 2Assistant Professor Psychiatric and Mental health nursing Department, Faculty of nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental health nursing Department, Faculty of nursing, Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Recent research studies have shown that, stigma against people with mental illness is universal. Stigmatized individuals have been found to face a variety of social and emotional consequences including social withdrawal, lowered self-esteem and increased levels of negative affect. This study was a descriptive correlational. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between internalized stigma, self-esteem and loneliness among mentally ill patients. The study was conducted in inpatient ward of Benha Mental Health Hospital. Four instruments were used for collecting the data, socio-demographic and clinical data sheet, Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and UCLA loneliness scale. A convenient sample of 100 psychiatric patients was recruited in this study. The main results revealed that, there were negative correlation between internalizing stigma and self-esteem and show positive correlation with loneliness among studied subjects. The study recommended that there is an urgent need for developing strategies to fight internalized stigma associated with mental illness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| mental illness; Internalized stigma; self; esteem; loneliness | ||
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