The Impact of Stigmatization of Mental Disorders on the Public's Self-Perception

Zixuan Liu

2025

Abstract

Objective: This research endeavours to explore whether the public's stigmatization of mental disorders exerts an influence on the public's evaluation of their own mental states. Methods: A questionaire was designed, and 223 subjects will be recruited via convenience sampling on the Internet as the research participants. The Perceived Devaluation-Discrimination Scale (PDDS), adapted by Zuo Bin from Link's original, will be employed. Based on the scores obtained, the subjects will be categorized into a high group and a low group. Subsequently, the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) will be utilized to analyze the participants' perception of their own mental states within the two groups. Results: In this study, 167 questionnaires were screened for analysis. The mean score of the subjects on the Public Stigmatization Scale was (28.74 ± 5.84), and that on the Self-Rating Depression Scale was (46.14 ± 10.33). The average score of the SDS scale for the subjects in the low group was (48.53 ± 1.24), while that for the subjects in the high group was (44.15 ± 1.00). Conclusion: Groups that are more perceptive of the stigmatization of mental disorder patients in society tend to experience greater psychological stress as a consequence.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Liu Z. (2025). The Impact of Stigmatization of Mental Disorders on the Public's Self-Perception. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM; ISBN 978-989-758-791-7, SciTePress, pages 430-434. DOI: 10.5220/0014120500004942

in Bibtex Style

@conference{apmm25,
author={Zixuan Liu},
title={The Impact of Stigmatization of Mental Disorders on the Public's Self-Perception},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM},
year={2025},
pages={430-434},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014120500004942},
isbn={978-989-758-791-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM
TI - The Impact of Stigmatization of Mental Disorders on the Public's Self-Perception
SN - 978-989-758-791-7
AU - Liu Z.
PY - 2025
SP - 430
EP - 434
DO - 10.5220/0014120500004942
PB - SciTePress