Familiarity with and social distance from people with mental illness: Testing the mediating effects of prejudiced attitudes | Zendy

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Familiarity with and social distance from people with mental illness: Testing the mediating effects of prejudiced attitudes

Author(s) -

Anagnostopoulos Fotios,

Hantzi Alexandra

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of community and applied social psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1099-1298

pISSN - 1052-9284

DOI - 10.1002/casp.1082

Subject(s) - mental illness , psychology , social distance , social psychology , mental health , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , covid-19 , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

The purpose of this study was to examine prejudiced attitudes as a factor associated with social distance from people with mental illness. A total of 289 university students from Greece completed written measures assessing social distance from, prejudiced attitudes about, and familiarity with mental illness. A structural equation model with manifest variables was tested. Participants who reported to be more familiar with mental illness held stronger social care and weaker prejudiced beliefs, and consequently expressed a less strong desire for social distance. Implications of the results and suggestions for future research are outlined. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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