Overview
Studies of inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, and long COVID examine illness identity, stigma, social support, and quality of life. Ongoing work extends the measurement of illness identity to long COVID and explores patterns across its dimensions.
Research approach
Psychometrics · Surveys · Person-centered analysis.
This project overview explains the research direction; it does not present unpublished estimates or participant-level data.
Related publications
Flourishing in life in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The role of illness identity and health-related quality of life
Krömeke, A., & Shani, M.
Journal of Health Psychology, 30(5), 1089–1103 · Shared first authorship
First published online in 2024; assigned to the 2025 journal issue.
Coping with long-COVID stigma: The role of self-compassion and self-coldness
Shani, M. & Wübbelt, K.
Health Psychology Open, 12
Love beyond gluten: Self-esteem, illness identity, and social support in romantic rejection concerns among adolescents with celiac disease
Shani, M. & van Zalk, M.
Frontiers in Psychology
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