Current situation and influencing factors of stigma of the patients with mental disorders

Abstract

Objective To investigate the influence of social support , coping style and self efficacy on stigma of patients with mental disorders .Methods Using the Link stigma series scale , the social support rating scale, the General self-efficacy scale and the Simplified coping style questionnaire ,we assessed and analyzed 406 psychiatric patients’ social support, general self-efficacy, coping style and its influence on the stigma . Results The total score of stigma of the 406 patients was （2.33 ±0.19） which was significantly lower than the rating scale point （t=-17.857,P〈0.01）.The total scores of social support , utilization of social support and general self-efficacy were （32.13 ±7.03）, （25.75 ±7.31） and （1.59 ±0.66）, which were also significantly different than the national norm （t=42.505, 0.000, -4.866, respectively;P〈0.01）.Correlation analysis results showed that stigma had significant negative correlation with total score of social support , utilization of social support and general self-efficacy （P〈0.05）;stigma had positive correlation with negative coping style （P〈0.01）.Multiple linear stepwise regression showed that negative coping style was the significant influence factor to the stigma （P 〈0.01）.The more negative coping style adopted by the patients , the more serious stigma the patient would perceive .Conclusions It will be helpful to reduce psychiatric patients ’ stigma by improving social support , general self-efficacy and adapting less negative coping style . Key words: Mental disorder; Stigma; Social support; Coping style; General self-efficacy; Influencing factors