Children's understanding of mental illness: an exploratory study

Fox, Claudine; Buchanan‐Barrow, Eithne; Barrett, Martyn

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00783.x

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“…In this review, developmental trends in children and adolescents' conceptualizations were found, confirming previous literature (Coie & Pennington ; Adler & Wahl, ; Wahl, ; Fox et al . ). Older children and adolescents provide more sophisticated explanations of causes, consequences and curability of depression, whereas younger children more frequently view depression as a biological disorder and under‐report the need for professional help.…”

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Children and young people's conceptualizations of depression: a systematic review and narrative meta‐synthesis

Georgakakou-Koutsonikou

Williams

2017

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Children and young people's conceptualizations of depression: a systematic review and narrative meta‐synthesis

Georgakakou-Koutsonikou

Williams

2017

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“…5,16,36 Within the general public context for stigmatization, the focus tends to be on adults' negative attitudes and behavior towards children and their families. However, some research has also focused on children as stigmatizers, 27,34,[67][68][69] albeit with mixed findings. The generalizability of findings from these studies is limited, as was noted in an earlier review of youth studies.…”

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The Stigma of Childhood Mental Disorders: A Conceptual Framework

Mukolo

Heflinger

Wallston

2010

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psych

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Objective-To describe the state of the literature on stigma associated with children's mental disorders and highlight gaps in empirical work.Method-We reviewed child mental illness stigma articles in (English only) peer-reviewed journals available through Medline and PsychInfo. We augmented these with adult-oriented stigma articles that focus on theory and measurement. 145 articles in PsychInfo and 77 articles in MEDLINE met search criteria. The review process involved identifying and appraising literature convergence on the definition of critical dimensions of stigma, antecedents, and outcomes reported in empirical studies.Results-We found concurrence on three dimensions of stigma (negative stereotypes, devaluation and discrimination), two contexts of stigma (self, general public), and two targets of stigma (self/ individual, family). Theory and empirics on institutional and self stigma in child populations were sparse. Literature reports few theoretic frameworks and conceptualizations of child mental illness stigma. One model of help-seeking (the FINIS) explicitly acknowledges the role of stigma in children's access and utilization of mental health services.Conclusions-Compared to adults, children are subject to unique stigmatizing contexts that have not been adequately studied. The field needs conceptual frameworks that get closer to stigma experiences that are causally linked to how parents/caregivers cope with children's emotional and behavioral problems such as seeking professional help. To further research in child mental illness, we suggest an approach to adapting current theoretical frameworks and operationalizing stigma highlighting three dimensions of stigma, three contexts of stigma (including institutions), and three targets of stigma (self/child, family and services).

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“…As age and gender can elicit different responses to questions on causality (e.g. Fox et al . 2008), the CAPPP could be used to explore such differences.…”

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“…1978; Roberts et al . 1981; Sigelman & Begley 1987; Fox et al . 2008; Hennessy & Heary 2009), the type of information provided in these behavioural descriptions (e.g.…”

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Development of the Children's Attributions about Psychological Problems in their Peers Scale

Swords

Hennessy

Heary

2010

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Children's understanding of mental illness: an exploratory study

Abstract: The Leventhal model provides a useful framework within which to investigate children's knowledge and understanding of mental illness. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are discussed.

Cited by 39 publications

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Children and young people's conceptualizations of depression: a systematic review and narrative meta‐synthesis

Children and young people's conceptualizations of depression: a systematic review and narrative meta‐synthesis

The Stigma of Childhood Mental Disorders: A Conceptual Framework

Development of the Children's Attributions about Psychological Problems in their Peers Scale

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