Belief in a just world and attitudes towards mental illness
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Harper, D. 2010. Belief in a just world and attitudes towards mental illness. Psychosis. 3 (2), pp. 145-147.
Authors | 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 |
Journal citation | 3 (2), pp. 145-147 |
Year | 2010 |
Accepted author manuscript | License CC BY-ND |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10552/1391 |
Publication dates | |
05 Jul 2010 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Dec 2011 |
Additional information | Citation: |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8620y
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