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- Title
Stigmatisierung psychischer Erkrankung unter Schülern.
- Authors
Meyers, M.; Geldmacher, J.; Mattausch, S.; Brand, M.; Heitmann, D.; Juckel, G.; Haußleiter, I.
- Abstract
Background: Social stigma connected to mental illness is a societal problem for which we lack data, especially among children and teenagers. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess how adolescents stigmatize mental illness in peers and to investigate if stigmatizing attitudes differed as a function of other variables (e. g. age, gender, level of education). Materials and methods: A German translation of the Revised Attribution Questionnaire (r-AQ), a nine-item survey, was administered to 246 pupils between 14 and 16 years of age, who were recruited from seven German schools. Results: The pupils investigated in the study scored in the non-stigmatizing range of the questionnaire. Demographic factors did not have a significant effect on their stigmatizing attitude. Conclusions: The low stigmatizing tendencies can be explained by existing contact with the mentally ill or by possible effects of recruitment. Future research should take knowledge about mental illness as a possible factor influencing stigmatizing attitudes into account.
- Publication
Der Nervenarzt, 2017, Vol 88, Issue 11, p1266
- ISSN
0028-2804
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00115-016-0189-7