Author(s)

Shuran Huang

Corresponding Author

Shuran Huang

ABSTRACT

The research topic of this paper is whether “self-deprecating” stigma is beneficial to the mental health of Chinese college students. In the context of the Pan-stigmatization, college students are greatly affected, and they begin to use self-deprecating words to disparage their achievements in an attempt to gain psychological relief. This paper mainly adopts a questionnaire survey to study the influence of “self-deprecating” stigma and the reasons for this phenomenon. The research finds that after “self-deprecating” stigma, Chinese college students’ anxiety will be reduced, and their future achievement level will be improved. At the same time, college students with a better family background are less likely to carry out self-stigmatization, and college students with better academic performance are more likely to use “self-deprecating” stigmatization. The research results based on college students in this paper are in line with the trend that the negative perception of self-deprecation is gradually fading, and “self-deprecating” stigma means the separation of self-stigma and identity.

KEYWORDS

“Self-deprecating” stigma, Pan-stigmatization, Chinese College students, identity