Attitude Towards Mental Illness in Southeastern Nigeria
The Contradictions of a Communitarian Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11044206 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ugo Ikwuka (University of Wolverhampton, corresponding author), Niall Galbraith (0000-0003-2043-8272, University of Wolverhampton), Ken Manktelow (University of Wolverhampton), Josephine Chen‐Wilson (University of Wolverhampton), Chao-Hwa Chen-Wilson (0000-0002-2886-2126, University of Wolverhampton), Femi Oyebode (0000-0001-9637-0759, University of Birmingham), Rosemary C Muomah (University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-198 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.21749 |
| OpenAlex | W2551449028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 64 |
The effect of mental illness stigma can be greater in the developing world where sufferers are additionally affected by destitution. This study investigated the attitudes of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria toward mental illness to establish the extent and determinants of negative attitudes. Multistage sampling was used to select participants ( n = 602), to whom questionnaires were administered. More than half of all the demographic groups demonstrated authoritarian attitude and primary social distance. A third of the sample equally endorsed social restrictiveness, anticommunity care, and secondary social distance. Low education, male gender, older age, Protestant denomination, and not being familiar with people with mental illness predicted more negative attitudes. Culture, stereotypes, causal explanations, and poor mental health knowledge were the leading mediators of negative attitudes. The determinant role of culture and demographic variables in the stigma dynamics indicate that contextualized and targeted interventions could be more effective than general campaigns
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Igbo · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |