Mental illness stigma and disclosure in college students
| Autor: | Patrick W. Corrigan, Bridget Conlon, Fred E. Markowitz, Maya A. Al-Khouja, Jessica Rosenberg, Jo Rees, Kristin A. Kosyluk, Robyn Lewis Brown, Sarah Ellefson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male College health Social stigma Universities media_common.quotation_subject Social Stigma Ethnic group Shame Disclosure Structural equation modeling 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Secrecy medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Students media_common Mental Disorders General Medicine Mental illness medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY Female Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England). 25(3) |
| ISSN: | 1360-0567 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental illness identity, shame, secrecy, public stigma, and disclosure amongst college students. Participants included 1393 college students from five postsecondary institutions.Methods: Structural equation modeling was used to examine two path models predicting disclosure and desire to join a program aiding with disclosure.Results: Variables found to be significant in predicting disclosure included mental illness identity and public stigma. In turn, desire for disclosure predicted desire to join a program aiding in disclosure. Gender and race/ethnic differences were observed, with men and Whites more likely to want to disclose a mental illness or join a program aiding with disclosure compared with women and non-Whites, respectively.Conclusions: These findings suggest that some college students may find programs aiding in disclosure useful in assisting them to achieve their desire to be “out” with their mental illness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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