Causal attribution of mental illness in south-eastern Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19274288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ugo Ikwuka (University of Wolverhampton), Niall Galbraith (0000-0003-2043-8272, University of Wolverhampton), Lovemore Nyatanga (University of Derby) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 274-279 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020764013485331 |
| PMID | 23680764 |
| OpenAlex | W2024224668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 24 |
BACKGROUND: Understanding of mental illness in sub-Saharan Africa has remained under-researched in spite of the high and increasing neuropsychiatric burden of disease in the region. AIMS: This study investigated the causal beliefs that the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria hold about schizophrenia, with a view to establishing the extent to which the population makes psychosocial, biological and supernatural attributions. METHOD: Multi-stage sampling was used to select participants (N = 200) to which questionnaires were administered. RESULTS: Mean comparison of the three causal models revealed a significant endorsement of supernatural causation. Logistic regressions revealed significant contributions of old age and female gender to supernatural attribution; old age, high education and Catholic religious denomination to psychosocial attributions; and high education to biological attributions. CONCLUSIONS: It is hoped that the findings would enlighten, augment literature and enhance mental health care service delivery
Attribution · Causality (physics) · Causation · Environmental health · Mental health · Mental illness · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Clinical Psychology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |