PSYD33H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Eating Disorder, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Suicidegirls
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Role of gender in mental-illness stigma james. Examines that gender may factors in the magnitude of mental health stigma. Stigma stem from stereotypes of gender (men = violent/aggressive; women = dependent) Examined 2 contrasting hypothesis: typical, stereotypical behaviour (e. g. alcohol for men) elicits harsher reactions and more stigma than atypical behaviour from victim. B/c people tend to focus on the situation and uncontrollable causes for atypical behaviour: atypical behaviour (e. g. alcoholism for women) elicits harsher reactions and more stigma than typical behaviour from victim. Online quiz, with many participants and diverse. Quiz contains symptom diagnosis male typical (alcohol) vs. female typical (mdd) Participants then complete rating scale to: assess stigmatization level; likeliness to help; agreeing that mental disturbance is legit; if problem behaviour is biological. Gender atypical mh (mental health) illness elicit more favourable reactions b/c ppl believe atypical occurrences are true mental health disturbance and biological (uncontrollable factors: results more sympathy, great inclination to help.
