الوصمة بالاقتران لدى أبناء المرضى النفسيين

الملخص EN

This study aimed to identify the nature of the problem of stigma by association among children of psychiatric patients.

the study also aimed to examine the differences of stigma by association among the children of the mentally ill parents in terms of gender of children, gender of parents with mental illness ill, and age stage of the children (early adolescence-middle adolescence-late adolescence).

this study relied on a comparative descriptive approach.

the size of the study sample of children of parents with mental illness (n = 31) (9 males, 22 females).

16 children of a mentally ill father and 15 children of a mentally ill mother with age ranged from 13 to 21 years of age, with an average age of 16.03 and standard deviation of 2.34.

they were selected in a deliberate manner.

the sample was obtained from some private psychiatric clinics and a private psychiatric hospital in Cairo governorate.

the following tools have been used : stigma by association scale (perceived social discrimination, stereotype endorsement, avoidance of stigmatizing situations) (researcher preparation) ; data form filled out from the records of the psychiatric clinic (researcher's preparation).

the results indicated that there were significant differences between male and female children of mentally ill parents on stigma endorsement domain.

the results also indicated significant differences between males and females children of the mentally ill parents in context of gender of the parent with mental illness : the group of male children and male parents was the highest, it showed significant differences than the other groups on overall score on the scale of stigma with association, perceived social discrimination domain, and stereotype endorsement domain.

the late adolescence group showed significant differences on stigma by association scale, avoiding stigmatizing situations domain.

from the above, it can be concluded that the stigma by association varies among children of the mentally ill according to the variables of gender of children, gender of parents, and age stage of children.

this calls for attention to the problem of stigma by association among children of parents with mental illness.