@article{30047,
  keywords = {Self-stigma, Mental illness, Public stigma, Self-esteem, Self-efficacy, Empowerment},
  author = {Corrigan P and Larson JE and Rüsch N},
  title = {Self-stigma and the "why try" effect: impact on life goals and evidence-based practices.},
  abstract = {<p>Many individuals with mental illnesses are troubled by self-stigma and the subsequent processes that accompany this stigma: low self-esteem and self-efficacy. "Why try" is the overarching phenomenon of interest here, encompassing self-stigma, mediating processes, and their effect on goal-related behavior. In this paper, the literature that explains "why try" is reviewed, with special focus on social psychological models. Self-stigma comprises three steps: awareness of the stereotype, agreement with it, and applying it to one's self. As a result of these processes, people suffer reduced self-esteem and self-efficacy. People are dissuaded from pursuing the kind of opportunities that are fundamental to achieving life goals because of diminished self-esteem and self-efficacy. People may also avoid accessing and using evidence-based practices that help achieve these goals. The effects of self-stigma and the "why try" effect can be diminished by services that promote consumer empowerment.</p>
},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {75-81},
  issn = {1723-8617},
  url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00218.x/epdf},
  doi = {10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00218.x},
  language = {eng},
}