ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Mediating role of social support between stigma and social alienation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a cross-sectional study.
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- Retrospective analysis of ustekinumab in Crohn's disease between biologic-naïve and biologic-experienced.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Albumin and psychological resilience: key modifiable factors for hospital length of stay in ulcerative colitis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Stigma is a prevalent issue with well-documented negative consequences, including its association with social alienation. However, this relationship-and the mechanisms underlying it-remain underexplored in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study aimed to examine the relationships among stigma, social support, and social alienation in IBD patients in China and to determine whether social support mediates the association between stigma and social alienation. Methods: IBD patients were recruited from two hospitals in China between July 10 and August 19, 2024, using convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Socio-demographic Questionnaire, the Social Impact Scale (SIS), the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and the Generalized Social Alienation Scale (GSAS), which assessed participants' demographic characteristics, perceived stigma, social support, and social alienation. Descriptive statistics, common method bias tests, analyses of variance, independent-samples t-tests, Pearson correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling were employed to analyze the data. Results: A total of 504 participants were included, of whom 65.1% were male, with a mean age of 33.97 ± 9.28 years; 76.6% had been living with IBD for 2 years or more. Stigma was significantly negatively correlated with social support ( Conclusion: Social support partially mediates the relationship between stigma and social alienation in IBD patients. Targeted interventions to reduce stigma and enhance social support may help mitigate social alienation and improve psychosocial outcomes in this population.
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