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Reducing students' fear of mental illness by means of seminar‐induced belief change
Author(s) -
Morrison James K.,
Teta Diana C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198001)36:1<275::aid-jclp2270360135>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - psychology , mental illness , psychosocial , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mental health
Demonstrated that through brief demythologizing, college students' ( N = 32) attitudes toward mental illness could be changed significantly in a non‐medical model or psychosocial direction and that this attitude change apparently induced students to report a significantly reduced fear of contracting mental illness. Pretest‐follow‐up data comparisons confirmed the validity of these findings.