Cultural stigma, psychological distress and help-seeking: Moderating role of self-esteem and self-stigma in Lebanon

• Myriam El Khoury-Malhame ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: myriam.malhame@lau.edu.lb

  Affiliation Department of Psychology and Education, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-9337

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• Toni Sawma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology and Education, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Souheil Hallit,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon, Psychology Department, College of Humanities, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Applied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan

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• Chloe Joy Younis,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology and Education, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Jad Jaber,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychology and Education, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Rita Doumit

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

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