@article{ref1,
title="Challenging the stigma of mental illness among college students",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2016",
author="Kosyluk, Kristin A. and Al-Khouja, Maya and Bink, Andrea and Buchholz, Blythe and Ellefson, Sarah and Fokuo, Konadu and Goldberg, David and Kraus, Dana and Leon, Adeline and Michaels, Patrick and Powell, Karina and Schmidt, Annie and Corrigan, Patrick W.",
volume="59",
number="3",
pages="325-331",
abstract="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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that these two approaches should be considered for challenging mental illness stigma among college students.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.005"
}