Attitudes towards people with mental health illness in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
A quantitative study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19503376 |
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| Authors | Nazdar Qudrat Abas (0000-0003-0894-9918, Department of Psychology, College of Education, University of Garmian Kalar, Kurdistan, Iraq, corresponding author), Dilshad Jaff (0000-0002-9364-5152, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Pegah Seidi (0000-0002-7133-9701, Research Center, University of Garmian Kalar, Kurdistan, Iraq) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 412-422 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13623699.2023.2250665 |
| PMID | 37722381 |
| OpenAlex | W4386822737 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
People with mental health illnesses are exposed to rejection by community members because of the negative attitudes from people towards them. This study assesses undergraduates' attitudes towards people with mental health illness in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and compares their attitudes with socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender and academic field of study. A quantitative descriptive study design has been used for this research. A multistage cluster sampling was used for data collection between May to June 2019 from a sample of 361 undergraduate students. A modified version of the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) questionnaire was used for data collection. Undergraduate students from various fields of study have had different attitudes towards people with mental illnesses. Medical students have better understanding and more positive attitudes than students of the other fields. Male students showed more negative attitudes compared to female students. Furthermore, younger students had more negative attitudes than older students
Cluster sampling · Data collection · Descriptive research · Environmental health · Medical education · Mental health · Mental health literacy · Mental illness · Population · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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