@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes of Catholic priests regarding the participation of people with schizophrenia and depression in religious practices: relationships with prejudices and community size",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2022",
author="Magliano, Lorenza and Affuso, Gaetana",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study investigated whether priests' attitudes regarding individuals with schizophrenia and depression participating in religious practices varied in relation to priests' adherence to prejudices about these mental disorders (MD). A sample of 559 Italian priests completed a questionnaire on their views of either schizophrenia or depression. Data were analyzed using a multiple-group structural equation in which the diagnostic group was a moderator and the size of the municipalities in which the churches were located was a covariate. The study revealed that: priests' attitudes towards churchgoers with MDs are related to views of these individuals as dangerous, easy to recognize and poorly aware of their MDs; community size has a direct effect on priests' attitudes and an indirect effect through perceived dangerousness; the above-mentioned relationships do not differ by type of disorder.   Sensitizing priests on stigma may be helpful to facilitate the participation of believers with MDs to religious practices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-022-00953-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-00953-7"
}