I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery
Introduction It has been suggested that liberal values such as lack of autonomy and burden discourses shape the public’s relation toward people with health problems. However, previous research on the role of such values on one’s recovery and well-being is scarce. Objectives We investigated whether...
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Introduction
It has been suggested that liberal values such as lack of autonomy and burden discourses shape the public’s relation toward people with health problems. However, previous research on the role of such values on one’s recovery and well-being is scarce.
Objectives
We investigated whether perceived autonomy mediates the impact of stigma and negative social experiences on life satisfaction and recovery.
Methods
Our sample, drawn from a subsample of the Swiss Household Panel survey, consisted of 326 individuals reporting a mental health problem (50.3% women, Mage = 50.7, SD = 13) and 354 individuals reporting a physical health issue (49.7% women, Mage = 53.6, SD = 14.7). We tested a model where perceived autonomy, measured with four items drawn from the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), mediates the impact of experienced stigma and negative social experiences on health satisfaction and self-reported recovery.
Results
Our analysis of direct and indirect paths confirmed our hypothesis. Our model showed a good fit to the data for persons with a mental health problem (CFI = .984; RMSEA = .038) and an adequate fit for persons with a physical health problem (CFI = .92; RMSEA = .080).
Conclusions
Our results provide empirical evidence for the potentially self-stigmatizing role of the autonomy ideal for people with health problems and invite for the development of further research and practice regarding this role.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cbd50e515c64debab0aeb9239bc54d82023-11-17T05:08:44ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S594S59410.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1521I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recoveryD. Lampropoulos0H. Klaas1D. Spini2University of Lausanne, Swiss National Centre Of Competence In Research Lives, Switzerland, Lausanne, SwitzerlandFORS, Fors, Lausanne, SwitzerlandUniversity of Lausanne, Swiss National Centre Of Competence In Research Lives, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland Introduction It has been suggested that liberal values such as lack of autonomy and burden discourses shape the public’s relation toward people with health problems. However, previous research on the role of such values on one’s recovery and well-being is scarce. Objectives We investigated whether perceived autonomy mediates the impact of stigma and negative social experiences on life satisfaction and recovery. Methods Our sample, drawn from a subsample of the Swiss Household Panel survey, consisted of 326 individuals reporting a mental health problem (50.3% women, Mage = 50.7, SD = 13) and 354 individuals reporting a physical health issue (49.7% women, Mage = 53.6, SD = 14.7). We tested a model where perceived autonomy, measured with four items drawn from the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), mediates the impact of experienced stigma and negative social experiences on health satisfaction and self-reported recovery. Results Our analysis of direct and indirect paths confirmed our hypothesis. Our model showed a good fit to the data for persons with a mental health problem (CFI = .984; RMSEA = .038) and an adequate fit for persons with a physical health problem (CFI = .92; RMSEA = .080). Conclusions Our results provide empirical evidence for the potentially self-stigmatizing role of the autonomy ideal for people with health problems and invite for the development of further research and practice regarding this role. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822015218/type/journal_articlestigmaLiberal valuesself-stigma Recovery |
| spellingShingle | D. Lampropoulos H. Klaas D. Spini I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery European Psychiatry stigma Liberal values self-stigma Recovery |
| title | I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery |
| title_full | I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery |
| title_fullStr | I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery |
| title_short | I am not autonomous enough! The role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery |
| title_sort | i am not autonomous enough the role of autonomy beliefs in the relation between social stigma and recovery |
| topic | stigma Liberal values self-stigma Recovery |
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