Cognitive and Affective Rejection of Mentally ILL Persons as a Function of Dogmatism

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ID13664141
AutoresRalph W Hood (0000-0002-5165-6830, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, autor correspondente)
Ano1974
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas543-549
Data de publicação1974-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1974.35.1.543
OpenAlexW2002133526
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas26

Cognitive and affective attitudes toward the mentally ill were studied in introductory social psychology students categorized on the basis of their dogmatism. On a purely cognitive level highly dogmatic Ss held more stereotypical attitudes toward the mentally ill than low-dogmatic Ss. After a series of regularly scheduled lectures on the social psychology of deviance in a normal classroom situation, highly dogmatic Ss significantly decreased their stereotypical attitudes toward the mentally ill. However, on semantic-differential scales to measure affective attitudes toward the mentally ill highly dogmatic Ss increased their affective rejection of the mentally ill after this series of regularly scheduled lectures. There was no difference between high- and low-dogmatic Ss on an objective test measuring learning with respect to the lectures on deviance. The implications of these data for dogmatism theory are discussed, especially in terms of the relationship between dogmatism, anxiety, and the cognitive and affective rejection of others

Anxiety · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Deviance (statistics · Mental health · Mental illness · Mentally ill · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Semantic differential · Clinical Psychology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology