Stigma is an important topic in public health and has significant impact on psychological and
physical well-being of stigmatized individuals. Emerging evidence has suggested that self …

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented detrimental impact on
mental health in people around the world. It is important therefore to explore factors that may …

Self-compassion, broadly, means to treat oneself kindly in times of need, same as one would
do with a dear friend (Neff, 2003b). This systematic review focuses on self-compassion as is …

Weight discrimination is a well-established risk factor for disordered eating cognitions and
behaviors. However, little is known about what may account for this association. Recent …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the generation of civic and public (C&P)
engagement as an integrative outcome of a proper balance between emotional, rational and …

Many college men express stigma of seeking psychological help, possibly due to masculine
gender role socialization proscribing help seeking. However, not every man who buys into …

Firefighters are frequently exposed to highly stressful, potentially traumatic events (PTEs).
More than 50%, however, show no significant elevation in trauma-related symptomatology …

Objectives The present study aimed to test the associations of stigma stress with negative
cognitive outcomes (ie, self-stigma content and process), affective outcomes (ie, depressive …

People who inject drugs are often the target of stigma that puts this already at-risk group at
greater risk of harm. Past research has shown that holding stigmatizing views of people who …

Objectives Several studies suggest that self‐criticism and self‐reassurance operate through
different mechanisms and might interact with each other. This study examined the …