Does stigmatization wear down resilience? A longitudinal study among children affected by parental HIV. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chi, Peilian; Li, Xiaoming; Du, Hongfei; Tam, Cheuk Chi; Zhao, Junfeng; Zhao, Guoxiang
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 96(2016)
• Page Start: 159
• Page End: 163
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Perceived stigmatization -- Resilience -- Children -- Cross-lagged -- Parental HIV; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: Social stigma has deleterious effects on psychological well-being. Emerging empirical evidences suggest that resilience is an adaptive mindset that generally enables people to survive and thrive in adversity. The current study used a three-wave longitudinal data to examine the potential bidirectional association between perceived stigmatization and resilience. Children of parents living with HIV (n = 195) were assessed at the baseline and followed up for 12 months with 6-month intervals. Cross-lagged panel analyses were performed in the study. The findings showed that the autoregressive effects were stable for perceived stigmatization and resilience, suggesting stable individual differences over time. The cross-lagged effects indicated that perceived stigmatization negatively predicted the level of resilience. However, resilience did not predict perceived stigmatization during the study time. The study suggests a robust longitudinal effect of perceived stigmatization on resilience. The potential bidirectional association between perceived stigmatization and resilience should be examined in the future studies. Highlights: A crossed-lagged model of perceived stigmatization and resilience is proposed. Perceived stigmatization negatively predicts the level of resilience over time. Resilience does not predict perceived stigmatization during the study time.