TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Challenging the stigma of mental illness among college students
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Kosyluk, Kristin A.
A1  - Al-Khouja, Maya
A1  - Bink, Andrea
A1  - Buchholz, Blythe
A1  - Ellefson, Sarah
A1  - Fokuo, Konadu
A1  - Goldberg, David
A1  - Kraus, Dana
A1  - Leon, Adeline
A1  - Michaels, Patrick
A1  - Powell, Karina
A1  - Schmidt, Annie
A1  - Corrigan, Patrick W.
SP  - 325
EP  - 331
VL  - 59
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.05.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -