Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
Poster: Proposed Longitudinal Study: Health-Related Labels, Stigma-Related Processes, and Resilience to Challenges in College Students
- Kevin Criswell
Eastern Washington University - Annie Fox
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Abstract
The proposed longitudinal study is guided by Modified Labeling Theory. College students in the United States will be recruited via social media and will complete eight surveys across four years. Adoption and denial of health-related labels will be examined with internalized stigma, social identity threat, and resilience to challenges.
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