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Citation
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Kosyluk KA, Al-Khouja M, Bink A, Buchholz B, Ellefson S, Fokuo K, Goldberg D, Kraus D, Leon A, Michaels P, Powell K, Schmidt A, Corrigan PW. J. Adolesc. Health 2016; 59(3): 325-331. |
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Abstract
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PURPOSE: This study investigated the impact of contact- and education-based antistigma interventions on mental illness stigma, affirming attitudes, discrimination, and treatment seeking among college students.
METHODS: Data were collected from 198 students of a Chicago University campus in spring of 2014. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a contact-based antistigma presentation, education-based presentation, or control condition. Measures of stigma, discrimination, affirming attitudes, and treatment seeking were administered at preintervention and postintervention.
RESULTS: A 3 × 2 analysis of variance was completed for each measure to examine condition by trial interactions. Both contact- and education-based interventions demonstrated a significant impact on personal stigma, perceptions of empowerment, discrimination, attitudes towards treatment seeking, and intentions to seek treatment from formal sources. No difference in effect was demonstrated between the contact- and education-based conditions.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that these two approaches should be considered for challenging mental illness stigma among college students.
Copyright © 2016 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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