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Does "effects of labelling on public attitudes" mean "effects that..."?

 
 
Reply Fri 11 Jan, 2013 02:52 am
Does "effects of labelling on public attitudes" mean "effects that the public put the label (of mental illness) "?

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The stigma of mental illness: effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder

Angermeyer MC, Matschinger H. The stigma of mental illness: effects of
labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder.
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2003: 108: 304–309.BlackwellMunksgaard 2003.
Objective: Aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on
public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major
depression.
Method: In Spring 2001, a representative survey was carried out in
Germany involving adults of German nationality (n ¼ 5025).
Results: Labelling as mental illness has an impact on public attitudes
towards people with schizophrenia, with negative effects clearly
outweighing positive effects. Endorsing the stereotype of
dangerousness has a strong negative effect on the way people react
emotionally to someone with schizophrenia and increases the
preference for social distance. By contrast, perceiving someone with
schizophrenia as being in need for help evokes mixed feelings and
affects people’s desire for social distance both positively and
negatively. Labelling has practically no effect on public attitudes
towards people with major depression.
Conclusion: Our findings illustrate the need for differentiation,
differentiation between the different components of stigma as well as
differentiation between the various mental disorder

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DavJohanis
 
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Reply Fri 11 Jan, 2013 06:42 am
@oristarA,
It means.. according to a psychologist, that the overall perceptions of society change if they adopt stigmatising labels as gospel truth.

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Labelling has practically no effect on public attitudes
towards people with major depression.


This would be excepting in the very young and the very unversed in life experience, 'We like our lives, thus you are inferior', is a popular motivator for distancing and ignorance sometimes. (also there are those taught that any lowering of attitude amounts to a failure of ones own mental abilities, as though it can always be prevented).

The overall opinion in the above post, may be a result of a study performed in circles of candidates who are not an entire mix of country or world participants.

-IMO? Perhaps Germany really is different to some places now?
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jan, 2013 02:15 am
@DavJohanis,

Thanks for replying, Dav.

To be frank, every time I read your replies, I hoped that you'd directly come to the point. Rather, your answers always gave me more confusion than enlightenment.



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XXSpadeMasterXX
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 01:43 pm
@oristarA,
http://positiveemotions.gr/library_files/A/Angermeyer_Buyantugs_Effects_2004.pdf

"Effects of labelling on public attitudes
towards people with schizophrenia:
are there
cultural differences?"

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