Anne C Krendl1, Jonathan B Freeman2. 1. a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA and. 2. b Department of Psychology , New York University , New York , NY , USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although mental health stigmatization has myriad pernicious consequences, it remains unknown whether mental disorders are stigmatized for the same reasons. AIMS: This study identified the stigma-related beliefs that were associated with several common mental illnesses (Study 1), and the extent to which those beliefs predicted stigmatization (Study 2). METHODS: In Study 1, we used multidimensional scaling to identify the stigma-related beliefs attributed to nine common mental disorders (e.g. depression, schizophrenia). Study 2 explored whether beliefs commonly associated with depression predicted its stigmatization. RESULTS: In Study 1, we found that the nine mental illnesses differed from each other on two dimensions: social desirability and controllability. In Study 2, we found that regardless of participants' own depression status, their perceptions that depression is controllable predicted depression-related stigmatization. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that stigmatization toward different mental illnesses stem from combinations of different stigmatized beliefs.
BACKGROUND: Although mental health stigmatization has myriad pernicious consequences, it remains unknown whether mental disorders are stigmatized for the same reasons. AIMS: This study identified the stigma-related beliefs that were associated with several common mental illnesses (Study 1), and the extent to which those beliefs predicted stigmatization (Study 2). METHODS: In Study 1, we used multidimensional scaling to identify the stigma-related beliefs attributed to nine common mental disorders (e.g. depression, schizophrenia). Study 2 explored whether beliefs commonly associated with depression predicted its stigmatization. RESULTS: In Study 1, we found that the nine mental illnesses differed from each other on two dimensions: social desirability and controllability. In Study 2, we found that regardless of participants' own depression status, their perceptions that depression is controllable predicted depression-related stigmatization. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that stigmatization toward different mental illnesses stem from combinations of different stigmatized beliefs.
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Keywords:
Controllability; depression; mental health stigma; reverse correlation; schizophrenia
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