Diabetes Case Reports

Department of Social Work, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Connecticut, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Public Stigma on Depression Comorbid with Diabetes: A Vignette Method Study in China
  Author(s): Patrick Leung*, Robin E. Gearing, Wanzhen Chen, Monit Cheung, Kathryne B. Brewer, Xiao Li and Xuesong He
  
  Depression and diabetes are common illnesses affecting individuals with health challenges and family stress. This study examined factors predicting public stigma on depression alone or comorbid with diabetes. In Shanghai, 125 respondents read one of four randomly selected vignettes varied by Vignette Subject (VS)’s illness and gender before answering the Individualized Public Stigma (IPS) scale. This vignette method measured each respondent’s Individualized Public Stigma score, attitude toward the subject’s family with the Devaluation of Consumer’s Families score, and problem seriousness leading to stress. A regression analysis found an overall significance (p<.001) between IPS and five independent variables: problem seriousness, knowing someone with a mental health problem, subject’s gender, attitude toward the affected family, an.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2572-5629.22.7.112

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