Attitudes of Adolescents Toward Adolescent Psychiatric Treatment.

Pugh, Robert L.; Ackerman, Bette J.; McColgan, Edgar B.; de Mesquita, Paul B.; Worley, Patricia J.; Goodman, Nancy J.

Perceptions held by adolescents about the value and social stigma of both psychiatric hospitalization and outpatient therapy for adolescents are examined. Perceptions about preferred forms of treatment for specific adolescent problems are also analyzed. The results indicate that attitudes are significantly influenced by proximity to treatment setting, i.e., adolescents currently being treated are more positive than adolescents who have been previously or never treated. Contextual and attributional explanations are considered.

BEHAVIOR therapy for teenagers; ADOLESCENT psychology; SOCIAL stigma; SOCIAL psychology; TEENAGER attitudes; PSYCHIATRIC hospital care

Journal of Child & Family Studies, 1994, Vol 3, Issue 4, p351

1062-1024

Academic Journal

10.1007/BF02233995