Schomerus, G. and Angermeyer, M. C. and Baumeister, S. E. and Stolzenburg, S. and Link, B. G. and Phelan, J. C. (2016) An online intervention using information on the mental health-mental illness continuum to reduce stigma. EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY, 32. pp. 21-27. ISSN 0924-9338, 1778-3585
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Background: A core component of stigma is being set apart as a distinct, dichotomously different kind of person. We examine whether information on a continuum from mental health to mental illness reduces stigma. Method: Online survey experiment in a quota sample matching the German population for age, gender and region (n = 1679). Participants randomly received information on either (1) a continuum, (2) a strict dichotomy of mental health and mental illness, or (3) no information. We elicited continuity beliefs and stigma toward a person with schizophrenia or depression. Results: The continuum intervention decreased perceived difference by 0.19 standard deviations (SD, P < 0.001) and increased social acceptance by 0.18 SD (P = 0.003) compared to the no-text condition. These effects were partially mediated by continuity beliefs (proportion mediated, 25% and 26%), which increased by 0.19 SD (P < 0.001). The dichotomy intervention, in turn, decreased continuity beliefs and increased notions of difference, but did not affect social acceptance. Conclusion: Attitudes towards a person with mental illness can be improved by providing information on a mental health-mental illness continuum. (C) 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; GENERAL-POPULATION; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; ATTITUDES; DEPRESSION; BELIEFS; PEOPLE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPES; Social stigma; Intervention study; Schizophrenia; Depression |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2019 09:13 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2019 09:13 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/2461 |
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