Effectiveness of Direct and Indirect Contact in Reducing Explicit and Implicit Stigma toward Mental Illness

摘要：

　　This study investigated the effects of direct and indirect contact on implicit and explicit stigma toward mental illness in a sample of Chinese undergraduates.Individuals who had previous direct and indirect contact with mental illness (n=52), as measured using the Level of Contact Questionnaire, completed three explicit stigma measures and the Implicit Association Test (IAT).Both groups demonstrated explicit and implicit stigma toward people with mental illness.Regarding explicit stigma, the direct-contact group reported significantly stronger perceived dangerousness in comparison with the indirect-contact group, while analysis of the IAT scores showed no significant difference between the two groups in terms of implicit stigma.These findings suggest that direct contact is not more effective than indirect contact in stigma reduction but instead enhanees perceived dangerousness, and that natural contact with mental illness did not effectively eradicate stigma toward mental illness.Three implications of these findings are discussed for stigma reduction programs.

关键词： Mental illness Explicit stigma Implicit stigma Personal contact

作者: WANG Xiao-gang HUANG Xi-ting

作者单位: School of Sociology and Psychology,Southwest University for Nationalities,Chengdu,P.R.China,610041 School of Psychology,Southwest University,Chongqing,P.R.China,400715

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2013 International Conference on Public Administration (9th)(2013年第九届公共管理国际会议)

会议地点: 南非

会议语种:英文

页码: 891-897

在线出版日期: 2013-10-31（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）