Belief in a just world and attitudes towards mental illness
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McKechnie, V. and Harper, D. 2010. Belief in a just world and attitudes towards mental illness. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches. 3 (2), pp. 145-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2010.484504
Authors | McKechnie, V. and Harper, D. |
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Abstract | This study investigated whether a person’s belief in a just world (BJW) or knowing someone treated for a mental health problem was related to their attitudes towards those with a diagnosis of mental illness or to their beliefs about the causes of mental health problems. One hundred and seventy three participants completed a questionnaire measuring BJW, attitudes towards, and causal beliefs about, mental health problems. No relationship was found between BJW and attitudes, nor between psychosocial causal beliefs and attitudes. However, bio-genetic causal beliefs were associated with attitudes. Those who knew someone who had received treatment for a mental health problem had lower bio-genetic belief scores than those who did not. However, there were no differences between the two groups in BJW, attitudes or psychosocial beliefs. |
Keywords | Attitudes; Stigma; Mental illness |
Journal | Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches |
Journal citation | 3 (2), pp. 145-147 |
ISSN | 1752-2439 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | Routledge Taylor & Francis Group |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2010.484504 |
Publication dates | |
05 Jul 2010 | |
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Deposited | 02 Dec 2011 |
Copyright holder | © 2010, The Author(s) |
Additional information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches on 5 July 2010, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2010.484504 |
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