The Mediating Effect of Mindfulness on the Relationship Between Mental Illness Self-Stigma and General Psychological Distress: A Cross-Sectional Study
| dc.contributor.advisor | Masuda, Akihiko | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martin, Timothy John | |
| dc.contributor.department | Psychology | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-09T18:55:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-09T18:55:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.degree | M.A. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63511 | |
| dc.subject | Clinical psychology | |
| dc.subject | college | |
| dc.subject | distress | |
| dc.subject | mediates | |
| dc.subject | mindfulness | |
| dc.subject | self-stigma | |
| dc.subject | stigma | |
| dc.title | The Mediating Effect of Mindfulness on the Relationship Between Mental Illness Self-Stigma and General Psychological Distress: A Cross-Sectional Study | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dcterms.abstract | Mental illness self-stigma is the devaluation, shame, secrecy, and social withdrawal triggered by applying negative stereotypes about mental illness to oneself. Evidence suggests that this form of self-stigma is associated with increased psychological distress and reduced quality of life. Mindfulness is the process of non-judgmental and accepting attention to experiences in the present moment, which may account for the link between mental illness self-stigma and psychological distress. The proposed cross-sectional survey of a non-clinical college sample aimed to investigate (1) whether mental illness self-stigma is positively associated with psychological distress and (2) whether mindfulness mediates the association between mental illness self-stigma and psychological distress. The results of the study revealed that mental illness self-stigma (and a modified version intended to capture self-stigma for general psychological distress) is positively associated with psychological distress and that mindfulness acts as a partial mediator on this relationship. Mindfulness may partially explain this link by capturing how individuals mentally process the negative associations of mental illness stereotypes. | |
| dcterms.extent | 58 pages | |
| dcterms.language | eng | |
| dcterms.publisher | University of Hawai'i at Manoa | |
| dcterms.type | Text | |
| local.identifier.alturi | http://dissertations.umi.com/hawii:10313 |
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