Cultural Conceptions, Mental Disorders and Social Roles
A Comparison of Germany and America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5249385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Marshall Townsend, Janice Townsend (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 739 |
| Publication date | 1975-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2094177 |
| PMID | 1211687 |
| OpenAlex | W2325831414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 5 |
Matched samples of German and American high school students and mental hospital staffs completed a 60-item questionnaire on conceptions of mental illness. The conceptions of these groups showed greater differences between countries than between popular and professional views within each country. Furthermore, comparing these conceptions with a previous report on mental patients' conceptions in Germany and America, the conceptions of mental patients were found to parallel those of the public and hospital staff in their respective countries. These conceptions appeared to influence patients' coping behavior within the hospital. These results supported the application of labeling theory to mental disorders. But the results did not support the view that specific stereotypes of the mentally ill structure specific symptomatology. Stereotypes were not prominent in the responses of patients, staff or students in either country, and differences in the public's and professionals' responses to stereotypes within each country were greater than differences between the two countries
Developmental psychology · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
Stigma and the Sociological Enterprise
Maladie mentale et stigmatisation ou Comment on devient un malade mental pour la vie
Cultural consensus and definition of mental illness
Illness role theory, the labeling perspective and the social meanings of mental illness
Cultural Conceptions and the Role of the Psychiatrist in Germany and America
The twice-born
Folk concepts of mental disorder among the Lao
Definitions and diagnoses
The Socialization of Youth into the American Mental Health Belief System
Self-Concept and the Institutionalization of Mental Patients
Effects of Labeling Patients “Psychiatric” or “Medical”
Pathways to patienthood
Everybody's Got a Little Mental Illness
The Drug Addict and Addiction
Deviation in emotion and the labeling of mental illness
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2007 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |