Intervention study on the stigma of mental illness in college students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2019.11.010
- VernacularTitle: 大学生心理疾病污名的干预研究
- Author:
Junrui ZHANG
1
;
Xu WEN
1
;
Hongxu REN
1
;
Mingyi QIAN
1
;
Jun LIU
2
;
Zhengzheng ZHAO
3
;
Xuhai SUN
3
Author Information
1. School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory for Behavior and Mental Health, Beijing 100080, China
2. Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100883, China
3. Beijing Xicheng District Desheng Community Health Service Center, Beijing 100120, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mental illness stigma;
Implicit stigma;
Single category implicit association test;
Stigma intervention
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2019;28(11):1010-1014
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the automatic implicit attitude and explicit stigma of mental illness, and the intervention effectiveness on the stigma of mental illness in college students.
Methods:Single category implicit association test(SC-IAT) and questionnaire survey were used to study the degree of implicit and explicit mental illness stigma among 30 college students of Peking University, and investigated the effect of two strategies, education and contact.Data were analyzed by SPSS 22.0 with t-test and variance analysis.
Results:The D values of SC-IAT in the three dimensions of cognitive evaluation, emotional response and behavioral tendency of college students were 0.29±0.37, 0.24±0.43, and 0.10±0.43.There was a statistically significant difference between the cognitive evaluation dimension, the emotional response dimension and 0(t=4.069, P<0.01; t=2.925, P<0.01). There was no statistically significant difference between the implicit stigma and the 0 in the behavioral tendency dimension(t=1.423, P=0.167). In the explicit stigma, the mercy dimension score(1.94±0.61) was lower than the median, and the difference was statistically significant(t=-12.286, P<0.01), while the scores of anger dimension(4.62±0.44) and fear dimension (4.55±0.31) were higher than the median(t=13.243, 3.200, both P<0.01). There were no significant differences in the values of implicit and external stigma among pre-intervention, education intervention and after contact(P>0.05). The correct rates of questions "Which of the following situations do you think are considered mentally unhealthy? " and "Which of the following disorders are mental illnesses" (42±13)%, (54±13)%) increased after receiving educational intervention ((49±12)%, (64±13)%), the difference was statistically significant (F=3.682, P<0.05; F=3.576, P<0.05).
Conclusion:College students have implicit mental illness stigma, educational and contact intervention strategies can help improve college students' understanding of relevant knowledge, and cannot improve the level of implicit stigma of college students on mental illness.
