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Chinese College Students' Stigmatization towards People with Mental Illness: Familiarity, Perceived Dangerousness, Fear, and Social Distance.

Xu-Hong LiYin-Ling Irene WongQinglu WuMao-Sheng RanTian-Ming Zhang
Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
The results of this study provide support for Corrigan's attributional model of stigma in the Chinese context. Contact-based interventions for stigma reduction should emphasize multiple elements of contact, including the quality of contact, rather than familiarity.
Keyphrases
  • mental illness
  • mental health
  • social support
  • physical activity
  • healthcare
  • depressive symptoms
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • hepatitis c virus
  • hiv infected
  • antiretroviral therapy