Interactional Effect Of Educational Level And Gender On Public Stigmatization

Kim, Low Sew; Nainee, Sarvarubini; Viapude, Glory Nancy; Tan, Soon Aun

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“…[ 45 ] A study among second and third year nursing students also found that longer theoretical studies and clinical experience relating to mental illnesses contributed to the development of positive attitudes toward mental illness. [ 46 ]…”

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Stigmatizing attitude towards mental illness, disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders, among healthcare students in a Tropical University College of Health Sciences

Amaechi

Nwani²,

Akadieze³

2023

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Stigma toward mental illness (MI), physical disability (DA), and emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) has been identified as a form of violence and a cause of nontake-up of help by people in need. Stigmatization can aggravate an individual's feeling of rejection and incompetence and can be detrimental to treatment-seeking and adherence behaviors. This study evaluated the attitude of healthcare students toward MI, DA, and EBDs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study employed a cross-sectional survey method. A disproportionate stratified sampling technique was used to recruit participants. Sixty five consenting students who met the inclusion criteria were consecutively recruited from each clinical department of the college. The students were selected from the five clinical departments of the College (Nursing sciences, Medical Rehabilitation, Radiography, Medical laboratory science, and Medicine). The questionnaires on stigmatizing attitudes toward MI, EBD, and DA were self-administered. Descriptive statistics of frequency count, percentage, range, mean, and standard deviation were used to summarize participants’ sociodemographic data and their questionnaire scores. Inferential statistics of Spearman rank order correlation was used to test for correlation; Mann-Whitney U test was used to test the influence of gender, religion, and family history; and Kruskal-Wallis test was used to test the influence of department of study and level of study. Alpha level was set at 0.05. RESULTS: Three hundred twenty seven students comprising 164 (50.2%) males and 163 (49.8%) females participated. Mean age of participants was 22.89 ± 2.05 years. 45.3% of the participants reported positive family history of one or a combination of MI, DA, and EBDs. The study observed poor attitude toward MI and fair attitude toward DA and EBD. There were significant correlations between attitudes toward MI and disability (r = 0.36, P =.000033), MI and EBD (r = 0.23, P =.000023), disability and EBD (r = 0.46, P =.000001), and age and attitude toward disability (r = 0.15, P =.009). Females had significantly more positive attitude toward disability ( P =.03) and EBDs ( P =.03). Nursing students also demonstrated the most positive attitudes toward MI ( P =.03) and EBD ( P =.000416), while final year students demonstrated the most positive attitudes toward MI ( P =.00145) and EBDs ( P =.03). CONCLUSIONS: There was a poor attitude toward MI and a fair attitude toward DA and EBD. Attitude toward MI, DA, and EBD correlated significantly with one another. Older students, females, and higher levels of training in the healthcare profession were associated with more positive attitudes to...

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Stigmatizing attitude towards mental illness, disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders, among healthcare students in a Tropical University College of Health Sciences

Amaechi

Nwani²,

Akadieze³

2023

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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Stay (Close to) Humble: Intellectual Humility Negatively Predicts Stigma Toward and Social Distance from Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Schmitt

Huynh

2023

Psychol Rep

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains a highly stigmatized disorder despite its prevalence. Given that the origin of stigmatization is rooted in cognitive representations that people hold, stigma may be differentially exhibited by people with varying degrees of cognitive flexibility. Intellectual humility, the recognition of one’s own intellectual shortcomings or flaws, may allow for flexibility in how people navigate knowledge surrounding PTSD, which may reduce stigma and improve interpersonal interactions with individuals with PTSD. The present study investigated whether intellectual humility would negatively predict PTSD stigma and social distance, above and beyond demographic factors and personal or social experience with individuals with PTSD. Participants ( N = 421, 67.2% men, mean age = 37.45, SDage = 9.99) completed a multidimensional measure for intellectual humility and the Mental Illness Stigma Scale adapted to assess PTSD stigma. Results confirmed our preregistered predictions. Bivariate correlations demonstrated that overall intellectual humility was negatively correlated with overall PTSD stigma, and overall intellectual humility was negatively correlated with overall social distance. That is, intellectually humble people reported less PTSD stigma and desired closer social distance with individuals with PTSD. Additionally, hierarchical multiple regression revealed that intellectual humility predicted unique variance in PTSD stigma and social distance above and beyond the contribution of demographic factors and personal experience or social relationships with someone with PTSD. These results may provide a useful framework for approaching and minimizing stigma toward PTSD.

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Interactional Effect Of Educational Level And Gender On Public Stigmatization

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Stigmatizing attitude towards mental illness, disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders, among healthcare students in a Tropical University College of Health Sciences

Stigmatizing attitude towards mental illness, disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders, among healthcare students in a Tropical University College of Health Sciences

Stay (Close to) Humble: Intellectual Humility Negatively Predicts Stigma Toward and Social Distance from Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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