Affiliate stigma among family caregivers of adolescents with depression: the roles of family function and coping style
Family caregivers of adolescents with MDD experience moderately high levels of affiliate stigma. Social support not only directly influences stigma but also exerts indirect effects through family functioning and coping strategies. Interventions should focus on improving family functioning and promoting adaptive coping to reduce affiliate stigma.
Authors
- Y. Jay Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6008-9682)
- Xuexia Chen
- Haiyan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-4823)
- Bingyi Guo
- Jiaojiao Yang
- Shiqi Gao
- Zhixin Zhao
Institutions
- Inner Mongolia People's Hospital (CN)
- Fourth Hospital of Inner Mongolia (CN)
- Inner Mongolia Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04050-2
- Primary Topic
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00