TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - The power of language and labels: "the mentally ill" versus "people with mental illnesses" JO - Journal of counseling and development A1 - Granello, Darcy Haag A1 - Gibbs, Todd A. SP - 31 EP - 40 VL - 94 IS - 1 N2 - Undergraduate students (N = 221), adults in a community sample (N = 211), and professional counselors and counselors-in-training (N = 269) were given a measure of tolerance. Within each sample, half of the participants were given a version that used the term "the mentally ill" and half were given a version that used the term "people with mental illnesses." Individuals receiving the version with the term "the mentally ill" had lower levels of tolerance. Professional counselors had the largest differences in tolerance on the basis of language. Keywords: individuals with mental illnesses;the mentally ill;tolerance;stigma;labeling
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LA - en SN - 0748-9633 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12059 ID - ref1 ER -