Silván Ferrero, Mª Del PradoRecio Saboya, PatriciaMolero Alonso, Fernando JorgeNouvilas Palleja, Encarnación2025-01-132025-01-132020-03-10Silván-Ferrero, P., Recio, P., Molero, F., & Nouvilas-Pallejà, E. (2020). Psychological Quality of Life in People with Physical Disability: The Effect of Internalized Stigma, Collective Action and Resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), 1802. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph170518021661-7827 | eISSN 1660-4601https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051802https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25211The registered version of this article, first published in “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), 1802", is available online at the publisher's website: MDPI, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051802La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), 1802", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: MDPI, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051802This article belongs to the Special Issue Stigma, Health and WellbeingPurpose: The main objective of this study was to examine the role of social identification, collective action and resilience in reducing the negative consequences of internalized stigma on the psychological quality of life of people with physical disability using path analysis. We propose a model with two paths: the first through social identification and collective action and the second via resilience. Method: A total of 288 Spanish people with physical disability aged between 18 and 82 years (46.4% males; mean [SD] of age = 45.1 [12.3] responded to the questionnaire. Data were collected for three months through an online survey. Results: The tested model adequately fit the data. We found that the relationship between internalized stigma and the psychological quality of life of people with physical disability was mediated by resilience. However, neither social identification nor collective action mediated the association between internalized stigma and quality of life among our participants. Conclusions: The results confirmed the negative association between internalized stigma and quality of life in the population with physical disability. The results show that some interactive processes, such as resilience, may contribute to decreasing the negative effects of internalized stigma. In contrast, no effects of identification with the group or collective action intention were found.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess61 Psicologíaartículoresilienceinternalized stigmacollective actiondisabilityquality of life