@article{ref1,
title="The "own" and the "wise": does stigma status buffer or exacerbate social rejection of college students with a mental illness?",
journal="Deviant behavior",
year="2017",
author="Markowitz, Fred E. and Engelman, Douglas J.",
volume="38",
number="7",
pages="744-755",
abstract="Applying Goffman's stigma-status framework and using data from a survey administered to college students (N = 556), we find that respondents who have been diagnosed with a mental illness (the &quot;own&quot;) or who know a family member or friend with a mental illness diagnosis (the &quot;wise&quot;) express lower desired social distance from persons with a mental illness than other respondents (&quot;normals&quot;). Also, informally labeling symptoms as &quot;mental illness&quot; reduced social distance among those similarly diagnosed. However, perceived dangerousness did not vary across stigma status, and the socially-distancing effects of perceived dangerousness were more pronounced among the &quot;own.&quot;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-9625",
doi="10.1080/01639625.2016.1197673",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1197673"
}