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Factors Associated with Attributions About Child Health Conditions and Social Distance Preference

verfasst von: Abraham Mukolo, Craig Anne Heflinger

Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal | Ausgabe 3/2011

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Abstract

In order to better understand factors that account for the emergence and persistence of negative attitudes towards mental health problems, attributions about and stigma towards children’s mental and physical illnesses were examined using National Stigma Study—Children data. Parent blame attributions were most strongly associated with attention deficit disorder, environmental causes with depression, and biology with asthma. Parent blame was more frequent for mental than physical health conditions. Child blame was associated with higher preferred social distance from the child, but no clear links were observed between social distance and attributions about genetic/biology, environment, or parent blame. Rurality was not significantly associated with attributions or social distance preference. Higher educational achievement was associated with increased endorsement of environmental stress factors and reduced odds of child blaming. The general public holds complex explanatory models of and nuanced responses to children’s mental disorders that need further investigation, including effects on parents’ and children’s help-seeking.

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Titel: Factors Associated with Attributions About Child Health Conditions and Social Distance Preference
verfasst von: Abraham Mukolo
Craig Anne Heflinger
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2011
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal / Ausgabe 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9325-1

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