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To formulate and empirically evaluate a modified labeling theory examining how societal stigma affects psychological functioning and socioeconomic outcomes in diagnosed individuals.

June 1, 1989American Sociological Review

A Modified Labeling Theory Approach to Mental Disorders: An Empirical Assessment

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BLBruce G. LinkUniversity of California, Riverside FCFrancis T. CullenWestern Illinois University ESElmer L. StrueningWashburn University

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Observational study reveals that stigma expectations induce social withdrawal and economic loss in psychiatric patients, highlighting the adverse psychosocial consequences of psychiatric labels.

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To formulate and empirically evaluate a modified labeling theory examining how societal stigma affects psychological functioning and socioeconomic outcomes in diagnosed individuals.
Cross-sectional survey comparing psychiatric patient cohorts (first-treatment and repeat-treatment) to community non-patient groups in New York City.
Assessed perceived devaluation-discrimination, coping orientations (secrecy, withdrawal, education), social network support, and psychological demoralization.
Used multivariable regression modeling to estimate structural pathways linking psychiatric labels to social and economic impairments.
Community members and diagnosed individuals held similar expectations that psychiatric patients experience devaluation and discrimination.
Labeled individuals who anticipated rejection frequently utilized secrecy and social withdrawal as coping strategies, resulting in restricted social support networks.
Coping-induced social constriction and label-related vulnerability directly predicted lower personal earnings and higher rates of psychological demoralization.

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Link et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7ae9c3fae90fd6048fea9 https://doi.org/10.2307/2095613

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Observational study reveals that stigma expectations induce social withdrawal and economic loss in psychiatric patients, highlighting the adverse psychosocial consequences of psychiatric labels.

A Modified Labeling Theory Approach to Mental Disorders: An Empirical Assessment

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A Modified Labeling Theory Approach to Mental Disorders: An Empirical Assessment

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