Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment

People who are recovering from a mental illness often have difficulties finding and maintaining employment. One of the main reasons for these difficulties is the negative label, or stigma, attached to mental illnesses. People who possess stigmatizing characteristics may use compensatory stigma manag...

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Autores principales:	Miira Niska, Melisa Stevanovic, Elina Weiste, Tommi Ostrovskij, Taina Valkeapää, Camilla Lindholm
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	stigma mental illness employment stigma management rehabilitation self-disclosure Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f49aba5d90df4fa3830eca8c5309db382021-11-25T17:48:50ZSelf-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment10.3390/ijerph1822118401660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/f49aba5d90df4fa3830eca8c5309db382021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11840https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601People who are recovering from a mental illness often have difficulties finding and maintaining employment. One of the main reasons for these difficulties is the negative label, or stigma, attached to mental illnesses. People who possess stigmatizing characteristics may use compensatory stigma management strategies to reduce discrimination. Due to mental illnesses’ invisible characteristics, information control is an important stigma management strategy. People can often choose whether they disclose or non-communicate their illness. Nevertheless, it might be difficult to decide when and to whom to disclose or non-communicate the stigma. Since stigma management is a dilemmatic process, workers in mental health services play an important role in informing their clients of when it is best to disclose or non-communicate their illness. In this article, we adopt the perspective of discursive social psychology to investigate how workers of one mental health service programme evaluate and construct self-disclosure and non-communication as stigma management strategies. We demonstrate how these workers recommend non-communication and formulate strict stipulations for self-disclosure. At the same time, they differentiate non-communication from lying or providing false information. The study contributes to an improved understanding of stigma management in contemporary mental health services.Miira NiskaMelisa StevanovicElina WeisteTommi OstrovskijTaina ValkeapääCamilla LindholmMDPI AGarticlestigmamental illnessemploymentstigma managementrehabilitationself-disclosureMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11840, p 11840 (2021)
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spellingShingle	stigma mental illness employment stigma management rehabilitation self-disclosure Medicine R Miira Niska Melisa Stevanovic Elina Weiste Tommi Ostrovskij Taina Valkeapää Camilla Lindholm Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment
description	People who are recovering from a mental illness often have difficulties finding and maintaining employment. One of the main reasons for these difficulties is the negative label, or stigma, attached to mental illnesses. People who possess stigmatizing characteristics may use compensatory stigma management strategies to reduce discrimination. Due to mental illnesses’ invisible characteristics, information control is an important stigma management strategy. People can often choose whether they disclose or non-communicate their illness. Nevertheless, it might be difficult to decide when and to whom to disclose or non-communicate the stigma. Since stigma management is a dilemmatic process, workers in mental health services play an important role in informing their clients of when it is best to disclose or non-communicate their illness. In this article, we adopt the perspective of discursive social psychology to investigate how workers of one mental health service programme evaluate and construct self-disclosure and non-communication as stigma management strategies. We demonstrate how these workers recommend non-communication and formulate strict stipulations for self-disclosure. At the same time, they differentiate non-communication from lying or providing false information. The study contributes to an improved understanding of stigma management in contemporary mental health services.
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author	Miira Niska Melisa Stevanovic Elina Weiste Tommi Ostrovskij Taina Valkeapää Camilla Lindholm
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title	Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment
title_short	Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment
title_full	Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment
title_fullStr	Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment
title_full_unstemmed	Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment
title_sort	self-disclosure and non-communication: stigma management in third-sector transitional employment
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f49aba5d90df4fa3830eca8c5309db38
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Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment

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