Τίτλος:
The influence of an anti-stigma intervention on adolescents' attitudes to schizophrenia: A mixed methodology approach
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Background: This study aimed at exploring adolescents' attitudes to schizophrenia and the impact of an educational intervention on improving them, by employing a mixed methodology. Method: A total of 1081 secondary-school students were randomly allocated to a control and intervention condition. Stigma endorsement was assessed by a free association card and a questionnaire, before and 2 weeks after the intervention. Results: The intervention yielded substantial changes in students' beliefs, attitudes and social distance levels as well as in their associations with the term 'severe mental illness'. Conclusions: Educational interventions can contribute substantially to preventing consolidation of unfavourable attitudes towards mental illness. © 2012 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Συγγραφείς:
Economou, M.
Peppou, L.E.
Geroulanou, K.
Louki, E.
Tsaliagkou, I.
Kolostoumpis, D.
Stefanis, C.N.
Περιοδικό:
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
adolescent; article; attitude to mental illness; controlled study; female; Greece; health belief; human; major clinical study; male; priority journal; psychoanalysis; questionnaire; randomized controlled trial; schizophrenia; social distance; stigma; student attitude
DOI:
10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00669.x
