Psychology Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Journal
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume
46
Issue
4
First Page
597
Last Page
611
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022115575076
Abstract
Stigma is an important barrier to recovery from depression. Individuals of Asian origin show greater levels of depression stigma compared with individuals of European origin. This study examined the mediators of the relationship between ethnicity and depression stigma in a North American context. A sample of university students, including 199 Canadian Europeans and 249 Canadian Asians, completed a variety of measures through an online study. Stigma toward an individual with depression was measured using both the Depression Attribution Questionnaire-27 and a Social Distance Scale. The perception of social norms, the belief that depression brings shame to one’s family, a social dominance orientation, and conservative values mediated the relationship between ethnicity and depression stigma with perceived norms and familial shame having the largest indirect effects. These findings are consistent with social identity theory and suggest avenues for anti-stigma interventions.
Notes
Amanda L. Shamblaw et al, Accounting for Differences in Depression Stigma Between Canadian Asians and Europeans, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (46, 4) pp. . Copyright © 2015. DOI: 10.1177/0022022115575076. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference. For permission to reuse an article, please follow our Process for Requesting Permission.