With most scholarly attention directed toward understanding the stigma experiences of individuals with mental illness, less attention has been given to associative stigma: an understudied form of social exclusion and devaluation experienced by the social ties of stigmatized individuals. This study advances scholarly understanding of associative stigma by drawing on social network methods to better illuminate how the quantity and quality of social relationships with those dealing with mental illness impact experiences of perceived discrimination. Using a nationally representative sample from the General Social Survey, I find that (1) knowing more people with mental illness, (2) having more core (friends and family members) versus peripheral ties, and (3) having ties who are most at risk of facing public stigma themselves (e.g., stereotype-confirming ties) are associated with greater perceived discrimination experiences. Taken together, these findings shed light on how pervasive associative stigma truly is.

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由关联标记：调查心理健康相关联想耻辱的社交网络方法


大多数学术注意力都集中在理解精神疾病患者的耻辱经历上，而较少关注联想耻辱：一种未被充分研究的社会排斥和贬低形式，由被耻辱的个体的社会关系所经历。这项研究通过利用社交网络方法更好地阐明与精神疾病患者的社会关系的数量和质量如何影响感知歧视的经历，从而推进了对联想耻辱的学术理解。使用综合社会调查中具有全国代表性的样本，我发现（1）认识更多患有精神疾病的人，（2）与外围关系相比，拥有更多的核心关系（朋友和家人），以及（3）拥有最活跃的关系本身面临公众耻辱（例如，刻板印象确认关系）的风险与更大的感知歧视经历有关。总而言之，这些发现揭示了联想耻辱到底是多么普遍。