Students' Attitudes toward Hypothetical Chronically and Acutely Mentally and Physically Ill Individuals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Purvis (University of Southern Mississippi, corresponding author), Richard Brandt (University of Southern Mississippi), Richard Scott Brandt (University of Southern Mississippi), Connie H Rouse (University of Southern Mississippi), Connie Rouse (University of Southern Mississippi), Wilfredo Vera (University of Southern Mississippi), Lillian M Range (University of Southern Mississippi) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 627-630 |
| Publication date | 1988-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1988.62.2.627 |
| PMID | 3406279 |
| OpenAlex | W2160847699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
To assess attitudes toward chronically and acutely mentally and physically ill individuals, 106 undergraduates read one of four vignettes describing a hospitalized individual, with each vignette divided along the factors of diagnosis (schizophrenia or cancer) and chronicity (acute or chronic). Then they completed the Community Acceptance Scale and responded to 19 rationally derived paired adjectives. A series of 2 × 2 univariate analyses indicated that individuals with diagnoses of schizophrenia were viewed significantly more pejoratively than individuals with diagnoses of cancer. Similarly, individuals with chronic courses of treatment were viewed significantly more negatively than individuals with acute courses of treatment. Surprisingly, however, no univariate interactions reached statistical significance. Findings suggest that the lack of acceptance of the chronically mentally ill individual is a function of the devaluation associated with psychiatric diagnosis
Medical diagnosis · Mental health · Mental illness · Mentally ill · Multivariate analysis · Multivariate statistics · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Univariate · Univariate analysis · Vignette · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Health, psychology, and well-being · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |