TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Brief implicit association tests of stigmatizing attitudes, awareness of mental distress and label-avoidance: a study in people with depressive symptoms
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Freitag, Simone
A1  - Stolzenburg, Susanne
A1  - Schomerus, Georg
A1  - Schmidt, Silke
SP  - 507
EP  - 518
VL  - 55
IS  - 3
N2  - This study aims to develop and implement brief implicit association tests (BIATs) assessing stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness, awareness of mental distress and self-identification as having a mental illness. We recruited 229 people (age range 18-80 years) with currently untreated depressive symptoms. In addition to BIATs, explicit measures assessed depression severity, contact experience and self-identification as having a mental illness. BIATs showed good feasibility. Age and educational differences were observed for each BIAT. Regarding depression severity, people with mild depression severity showed stronger implicit label-avoidance. Novel BIATs proved feasible and future research should investigate the predictive value of implicit measures on help seeking in people with mental illness.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00372-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -