| Title |
The Stigma of Psychiatric Disorders and the Gender, Ethnicity, and Education of the Perceiver
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Community Mental Health Journal, September 2007
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10597-007-9084-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Patrick W. Corrigan, Amy C. Watson |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to determine how the demographics of perceivers influence their stigma of people with mental illness or with substance abuse. A nationally representative sample (N = 968) was asked to respond to a vignette describing a person with a health condition (schizophrenia, drug dependence, or emphysema) and his/her family member. Consistent with our hypotheses, women were less likely to endorse stigma than men. Participants with higher education were also less likely to stigmatize than less educated participants. Contrary to our expectations, nonwhite research participants were more likely to endorse stigma than whites. Implications of these findings for better understanding the stigma of mental illness, and the development of anti-stigma programs, are reviewed. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 223 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 218 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 13% |
| Researcher | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 17% |
| Unknown | 54 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 76 | 34% |
| Social Sciences | 29 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 10% |
| Unknown | 63 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2018.
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