Zeroing in on the Effect of the Schizophrenia Label on Stigmatizing Attitudes: A Large-scale Study

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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000376401500025&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1093/schbul/sbv137
eISSN
1745-1701
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: DM5PG
  • PubMed Identifier: 26409222
ISSN
0586-7614
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
Schlüsselwörter
  • stigma
  • social distance
  • stereotypes
  • infrahumanization
  • labeling
  • social perception
Paginierung
456 - 463
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Titel
Zeroing in on the Effect of the Schizophrenia Label on Stigmatizing Attitudes: A Large-scale Study
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
42

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Autoren
DOI
10.1093/schbul/sbv137
eISSN
1745-1701
ISSN
0586-7614
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2015
Paginierung
456 - 463
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbv137
Datum der Datenerfassung
2017
Titel
Zeroing in on the Effect of the Schizophrenia Label on Stigmatizing Attitudes: A Large-scale Study
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
42

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Abstract
The idea that psychiatric diagnoses are not mere descriptors of a symptomatology but create incrementally negative effects in patients has received considerable support in the literature. The flipside to this effect, that calling someone by a psychiatric diagnosis also has an effect on how this person is perceived by others, however, has been less well documented and remains disputed. An experimental study was conducted with a large sample (N = 2265) to ensure statistical power to detect even small effects of such adding a psychiatric diagnosis to a description of symptoms or not. Dependent variables were chosen in an exploratory manner and tests were corrected for alpha inflation. Results show that calling the identical symptomatology schizophrenia (vs not labeling it) led to greater perceptions of aggressiveness, less trustworthiness, more anxiety toward this person, and stronger assumptions this person feels aggression-related emotions. Although stigmatizing attitudes were generally lower for persons with personal experiences with mental illnesses as either a patient or a close relative, such personal involvement did not moderate the effect. Implications of these findings and limitations of the study are discussed.
Addresses
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, Köln, Germany roland.imhoff@uni-mainz.de.
Autoren
DOI
10.1093/schbul/sbv137
eISSN
1745-1701
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 26409222
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC4753605
Open access
false
ISSN
1787-9965
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
Schizophrenia bulletin
Schlüsselwörter
  • Humans
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Stereotyping
  • Social Perception
  • Schizophrenia
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Middle Aged
  • Female
  • Male
  • Young Adult
  • Social Stigma
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print-Electronic
Online publication date
2015
Paginierung
456 - 463
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2015
Titel
Zeroing in on the Effect of the Schizophrenia Label on Stigmatizing Attitudes: A Large-scale Study.
Sub types
  • research-article
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
42

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Abstract
The idea that psychiatric diagnoses are not mere descriptors of a symptomatology but create incrementally negative effects in patients has received considerable support in the literature. The flipside to this effect, that calling someone by a psychiatric diagnosis also has an effect on how this person is perceived by others, however, has been less well documented and remains disputed. An experimental study was conducted with a large sample (N = 2265) to ensure statistical power to detect even small effects of such adding a psychiatric diagnosis to a description of symptoms or not. Dependent variables were chosen in an exploratory manner and tests were corrected for alpha inflation. Results show that calling the identical symptomatology schizophrenia (vs not labeling it) led to greater perceptions of aggressiveness, less trustworthiness, more anxiety toward this person, and stronger assumptions this person feels aggression-related emotions. Although stigmatizing attitudes were generally lower for persons with personal experiences with mental illnesses as either a patient or a close relative, such personal involvement did not moderate the effect. Implications of these findings and limitations of the study are discussed.
Autoren
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26409222
DOI
10.1093/schbul/sbv137
eISSN
1745-1701
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC4753605
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
2
Zeitschrift
Schizophr Bull
Schlüsselwörter
  • infrahumanization
  • labeling
  • social distance
  • social perception
  • stereotypes
  • stigma
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Schizophrenia
  • Social Perception
  • Social Stigma
  • Stereotyping
  • Young Adult
Sprache
eng
Country
United States
Paginierung
456 - 463
PII
sbv137
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2017
Titel
Zeroing in on the Effect of the Schizophrenia Label on Stigmatizing Attitudes: A Large-scale Study.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
42

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