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Association Between Community Contextual Factors and Stigma of Mental Illness in South Korea: a Multilevel Analysis

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This study examined the association of subjective and objective community contextual factors with stigma of mental illness in a sample of users of community mental health services centers in South Korea. Five hundred thirty-two persons with MI were surveyed on perceived stigma and experienced stigma, and on two subjective measures of community characteristics—perceived disorder and perceived collective efficacy of their neighborhood. Objective community indicators at the neighborhood level were collected from a government administrative data base. Multilevel statistical analysis was conducted to identify the effects of individual-level characteristics and community-level objective indicators on stigma. Perceived neighborhood disorder was associated with both perceived stigma and experienced stigma. Perceived collective efficacy was associated with perceived stigma but not experienced stigma. The proportion of persons with disabilities in the neighborhood, an objective community indicator, was associated with experienced stigma. Mental health practitioners and policy planners need to examine the relevance of neighborhood characteristics in the design of policy and practice interventions in order to enhance the social inclusion of persons with MI.

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  1. Department of Social Welfare, Kyonggi University, 154-42, Gwanggyosan-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi, 16227, South Korea

    So-Young Min

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    Yin-Ling Irene Wong

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Min, SY., Wong, YL.I. Association Between Community Contextual Factors and Stigma of Mental Illness in South Korea: a Multilevel Analysis. Psychiatr Q 88, 853–864 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-017-9503-1

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