Cultural model of self-stigma among Chinese with substance use problems

Highlights • Provides empirical support to a cultural model of substance use self-stigma. • Highlights the importance of culturally salient factors in understanding self-stigma. • Demonstrates the potential usefulness of face concern in predicting self-stigma and mental health. • Elucidates the pote...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-10, Vol.155, p.83-89
Main Authors: Mak, Winnie W.S, Ho, Connie Y.Y, Wong, Venus U.T, Law, Rita W, Chan, Randolph C.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Chinese
Culture
Depression - complications
Depression - psychology
Emotions
Ethics
Face concern
Female
Health Problems
Hong Kong
Humans
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Moral emotions
Morals
Psychiatry
Rehabilitation
Self Concept
Self-stigma
Shame
Social Stigma
Sociocultural Factors
Stigma
Substance Abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Provides empirical support to a cultural model of substance use self-stigma. • Highlights the importance of culturally salient factors in understanding self-stigma. • Demonstrates the potential usefulness of face concern in predicting self-stigma and mental health. • Elucidates the potential mechanism by which face concern affects self-stigma and mental health. • Sheds light on the role of moral emotions and rumination in the internalization process of stigma.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.011