Fear of People with Mental Illnesses
The Role of Personal and Impersonal Contact and Exposure to Threat or Harm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2316158 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo C Phelan (0000-0002-5031-4839, Issues Research), Jo Phelan (0009-0002-9068-9085, Jo C. Phelan is Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University. Her broad research focus is on social psychological aspects of social inequalities. Her current research interests include public attitudes and beliefs about mental illness, in particular stigma and the potential impact of the genetics revolution on stigma), Bruce G Link (0000-0001-9980-7450, Mental Health America), Lexi Harari (0000-0001-7980-5407) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-80 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health and Social Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1465 • E-ISSN: 2150-6000 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002214650404500105 |
| PMID | 15179908 |
| OpenAlex | W2058406221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 32 |
Vignette and laboratory experiments suggest that negative reactions to people with mental illness are a direct consequence of their symptomatic behavior, but because of their poor external validity, these studies cannot tell us whether widespread negative public reactions to people with mental illness actually result from observation of symptomatic behavior. Focusing on perceived danger, we use a large national survey to test the 'behavior hypothesis' in the general population. We reason that, if this hypothesis is correct, contact with people with mental illnesses should be associated with more perceived danger, and exposure to threat or harm should mediate this association. On the contrary, respondents with more personal and impersonal contact perceive people with mental illness to be less dangerous. Exposure to threat is more common among people with more contact, but this exposure explains very little of the variance in perceived danger. These findings do not support the conclusion that public fear of people with mental illness is due to the observation of violent behavior
Environmental health · Harm · Mental health · Mental illness · Population · Psychiatry · Vignette · Clinical Psychology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |