COVID-19-related stigma profiles and risk factors among people who are at high risk of contagion.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

COVID-19 is likely to be stigmatized. The people of Hubei province perceived courtesy and affiliate stigma due to the geographic linkage to COVID-19. Perceived courtesy stigma refers to the perception of stigma of people who are associated with COVID-19 (e.g., the geographic linkage). Affiliate stigma is the internalization and psychological responses of perceived courtesy stigma among the associates.

Objective

The current study aims to reveal different patterns of perceived courtesy and affiliate stigma among people who are at high risk of contagion of COVID-19, and to examine the possible risk factors.

Method

A sample including 2813 adults who located in Hubei Province, China (female: n = 2,184, 77.64%; male: n = 629, 22.36%; mean age = 37.85 years, SD = 6

SUBMITTER: Duan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature