The Impact of Self-Stigma and Mutual Help Programs on the Quality of Life of People with Serious Mental Illnesses
The Impact of Self-Stigma and Mutual Help Programs on the Quality of Life of People with Serious Mental Illnesses
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DOI：
10.1007/s10597-011-9445-2
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发表时间：
2013-02-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Ruesch, Nicolas
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作者：
Corrigan, Patrick W.;Sokol, Kristin A.;Ruesch, Nicolas
互助计划 (MHP) 是由患有严重精神疾病的人为患有这些疾病的同伴开发和运营的非正式服务。我们预计 MHP 对生活质量产生积极影响，并与自我耻辱产生负相关。我们假设群体认同和社会支持是导致 MHP 益处的关键因素，因此也具有显着的相关性。 85 名患有严重精神疾病的人报告了当前和过去的 MHP 经历，并完成了生活质量、自我耻辱、群体认同和社会支持的自我报告测量。自我耻辱被证明与生活质量有着显着且巨大的相关性。对当前和过去 MHP 参与的满意度也与生活质量相关。群体认同和对支持网络的满意度与 MHP 满意度显着且很大程度上相关。 MHP 是更广泛的消费者运营服务类别的具体示例，其中还包括临时中心和宣传教育计划。有关群体识别的调查结果将为 MHP 和消费者运营服务的持续开发以及这些计划的评估提供信息。
Mutual help programs (MHPs) are informal services developed and operated by people with serious mental illnesses for peers with these illnesses. We expect MHPs to have positive effects on quality of life and inverse associations with self-stigma. We hypothesize group identification and social support to be key ingredients that lead to MHPs benefits and hence to also be significant correlates. Eighty-five people with serious mental illness reported current and past MHP experience and completed self-report measures of quality of life, self-stigma, group identification, and social support. Self-stigma was shown to be a significant and large correlate of quality of life. Satisfaction with current and past MHP participation was also associated with quality of life. Group identification and satisfaction with one's support network were significantly and largely associated with MHP satisfaction. MHPs are a specific example of the broader category of consumer operated services which also include drop-in centers and education-for-advocacy programs. Findings about group identification will inform ongoing development of MHPs and consumer operated services, as well as evaluation of these programs.