Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2021.560
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STIGMA AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PHYSICALY DISABLED: MEDIATING EFFECT OF RESILIENCE
Lei Liu
; School of Economics, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China
Yu Zhang
; School of Economics & Management, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, China
Abstract
Background: The physically disabled is easy to develop a psychological problem due to long-term limitation of motion and
inconvenience in social communication. Th stigma is related to the mental health of the physically
disabled. However, resilience is closely related to mental health. To determine the influencing mechanism of stigma and resilience on
mental health, the influences of stigma on anxiety and depression as well as the role of resilience in this process were explored in
this study.
Subjects and methods: A total of 200 physically disabled people who had needs of rehabilitation were chosen from 5 communities
surrounding Wuhan University of Technology from April 2020 to October 2021. Subjectsresilience, stigma, and mental health
level were investigated by the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC), social impact scale (SIS), self-rating depression scale
(PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7).
Results: Stigma of the physically disabled is positively related to anxiety and depression (r=0.618, 0.642, P<0.05), and it is
negatively related to resilience (r=-0.561). Anxiety and depression are negatively related to resilience (r=-0.673, -0.665, P<0.05).
Resilience can partially mediate the relationship between stigma and anxiety and depression. The mediating effect values are 0.10
and 0.18, respectively.
Conclusions: The stigma of the physically disabled is closely related to resilience, anxiety, and depression. It not only can
influence mental health both directly and indirectly through the mediating effect of resilience.
Keywords
physically disabled; resilience; stigma; anxiety; depression
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269100
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Publication date:
21.12.2021.
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