Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness Among College Students

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• 作者：Kristin A. Kosyluk ; Ph.D.^a ; ^{kkosyluk@utep.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Maya Al-Khouja^b ; Andrea Bink ; M.S.^b ; Blythe Buchholz ; M.S.^b ; Sarah Ellefson ; M.S.^b ; Konadu Fokuo ; M.S.^b ; David Goldberg ; M.S.^b ; Dana Kraus^b ; Adeline Leon ; M.S.^b ; Patrick Michaels ; Ph.D.^c ; Karina Powell ; M.S.^b ; Annie Schmidt^c ; Patrick W. Corrigan ; Psy.D.^b
• 关键词：Mental illness ; Stigma ; College students ; Contact ; Education
• 刊名：Journal of Adolescent Health
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：59
• 期：3
• 页码：325-331
• 全文大小：332 K

文摘

This study investigated the impact of contact- and education-based antistigma interventions on mental illness stigma, affirming attitudes, discrimination, and treatment seeking among college students.

Methods

Data were collected from 198 students of a Chicago University campus in spring of 2014. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a contact-based antistigma presentation, education-based presentation, or control condition. Measures of stigma, discrimination, affirming attitudes, and treatment seeking were administered at preintervention and postintervention.

Results

A 3 × 2 analysis of variance was completed for each measure to examine condition by trial interactions. Both contact- and education-based interventions demonstrated a significant impact on personal stigma, perceptions of empowerment, discrimination, attitudes towards treatment seeking, and intentions to seek treatment from formal sources. No difference in effect was demonstrated between the contact- and education-based conditions.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that these two approaches should be considered for challenging mental illness stigma among college students.