@article{ref1,
title="'Individualism-collectivism' as an explanatory device for mental illness stigma",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2013",
author="Papadopoulos, Chris and Foster, John and Caldwell, Kay",
volume="49",
number="3",
pages="270-280",
abstract="The aim of this study is investigate whether the cross-cultural value paradigm 'individualism-collectivism' is a useful explanatory model for mental illness stigma on a cultural level. Using snowball sampling, a quantitative questionnaire survey of 305 individuals from four UK-based cultural groups (white-English, American, Greek/Greek Cypriot, and Chinese) was carried out. The questionnaire included the 'Community Attitudes to Mental Illness scale' and the 'vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism scale'. The results revealed that the more stigmatizing a culture's mental illness attitudes are, the more likely collectivism effectively explains these attitudes. In contrast, the more positive a culture's mental illness attitudes, the more likely individualism effectively explains attitudes. We conclude that a consideration of the individualism-collectivism paradigm should be included in any future research aiming to provide a holistic understanding of the causes of mental illness stigma, particularly when the cultures stigmatization levels are particularly high or low.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-012-9534-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9534-x"
}