• INFLUENCE OF PERSONAL GROWTH INITIATIVE AND PUBLIC SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS ON PERCEIVED STIGMATIZATION AMONG DRUG USERS


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the influence of personal growth initiative and public self-consciousness on perceived stigmatization among drug users in Uyo Metropolis. Two hundred and thirty-four (234) participants (171 males and 63 females) were selected from major bunks in Uyo Metropolis. These participants were selected using purposive sampling technique. Perceived Stigmatization Scale for drug users (King, Dinos, Shaw, Watson, Stevens, Passetti, Weich & Mar, 2007), Personal Growth Initiative Scale (Robitschek, 1999), and Public Self-Consciousness Scale (Scheier & Carver, 1985) were the instruments us ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Stigma may also be described as a label that associates a person to a set of unwanted characteristics that form a stereotype (Levin & Laar, 2004). Once people identify and label our differences, others will assume that is just how things are and the person will remain stigmatized until the stigmatizing attribute is undetected. A considerable amount of generalization is required to create groups, meaning that someone is put in a general group regardless of how well that person actually fit into that group (Louise & Eilis, 2014). However, the attributes that society selects dif ... Continue Reading