Meaning in life, insight and self-stigma among people with severe mental illness
Abstract
Recapturing meaning in life has been described as an essential element in the process of recovery from severe mental illness (SMI), but limited quantitative research still restricts our understanding of this phenomenon. The purpose of the current study was to explore the meaning in life among people with SMI and variables that may influence it such as internalized stigma and insight into the mental illness. We expected a significant negative correlation between internalized stigma and meaning in life, and that internalized stigma would moderate the relationship between insight and meaning in life. To explore these assumptions, 60 persons with SMI completed questionnaires that assessed their meaning in life, insight into their mental illness and internalized stigma, after which the data were analyzed using correlation and cluster analysis. Both hypotheses were confirmed. The mechanism behind the relationship between self-stigma and meaning in life and the theoretical and clinical implications of the moderation model are discussed.
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Clinical insight and stigma interact to produce reduced meaning in life.
“Indeed, independent studies have reported that clinical insight and stigma interact in a manner that results in the experience of reduced meaning 153 and self-clarity in life 154 .”
From Insight in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: relationship with behavior, mood and perceived quality of life, underlying causes and emerging treatments (2018) · cites this paper as [153]
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- Authors
- Ehrlich-Ben Or, S., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Feingold, D., Vahab, K., Amiaz, R., Weiser, M., & Lysaker, P. H.
- Affiliations
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 195-200
- ISSN
- 0010-440X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2079624472
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 11
- FWCI
- 12.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Comprehensive Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Keywords
- meaning in life, self-stigma, severe mental illness, recovery, moderating effect, mental health stigma
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personal Satisfaction, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Stereotyping, Social Stigma
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