How Do Children of Parents With Mental Illness Experience Stigma? A Systematic Mixed Studies Review.

ABSTRACT: Stigma can have devastating health and wellbeing impacts, not just on people with mental health problems, but on people associated with the stigmatized person. This is called stigma-by-association. Children whose parents have mental health problems are a particularly vulnerable group, and stigma acts as a mechanism, contributing to the transgenerational transmission of mental disorders. The current study is a systematic mixed studies review, synthesizing knowledge about how this group of children experience stigma-by-association. Overall, 32 studies were included, after a systematic search including quantitative, qualitatative, and mixed methods studies. The methodological quality was assessed and qualitative content analysis undertaken. We grouped children's stigma experiences into four d

SUBMITTER: Dobener LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894251 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature