Breaking barriers: An education and contact intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among Indian college students
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| contents | Breaking barriers: An education and contact intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among Indian college students Kanika K. Ahuja Megha Dhillon Anisha Juneja Bhuvaneswari Sharma Psicología Stigma Intervention Mental illness College students This study assessed the effectiveness of an intervention designed to foster more positive attitudes towards persons with mental illness among college students in Delhi. A total of 50 young people participated in a one-time education and contact based intervention. Attitudes towards persons with mental illness were assessed before the intervention, immediately after it and at a one week follow-up. Results indicated increased feelings of benevolence, community mental health ideology and less authoritarianism at the post-intervention assessments. Reduction in endorsement of social restrictiveness was also observed but only in the case of the immediate post-assessment. We also observed a greater recognition of needs, increased positive descriptions, decreased negative descriptions and reduced labelling after the intervention. These results support the efficacy of education and contact-based strategies for reducing mental illness stigma. Implications of the findings for low-middle income countries like India are discussed. 2017 artículo científico 1132-0559 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179869016004 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/179869016004.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/movil 10.1016/j.psi.2016.11.003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1798 Psychosocial Intervention application/pdf Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid Psychosocial Intervention (España) Num.2 Vol.26 |
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| spellingShingle | Breaking barriers: An education and contact intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among Indian college students Kanika K. Ahuja Psicología Stigma Intervention Mental illness College students Breaking barriers: An education and contact intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among Indian college students Kanika K. Ahuja Megha Dhillon Anisha Juneja Bhuvaneswari Sharma Psicología Stigma Intervention Mental illness College students This study assessed the effectiveness of an intervention designed to foster more positive attitudes towards persons with mental illness among college students in Delhi. A total of 50 young people participated in a one-time education and contact based intervention. Attitudes towards persons with mental illness were assessed before the intervention, immediately after it and at a one week follow-up. Results indicated increased feelings of benevolence, community mental health ideology and less authoritarianism at the post-intervention assessments. Reduction in endorsement of social restrictiveness was also observed but only in the case of the immediate post-assessment. We also observed a greater recognition of needs, increased positive descriptions, decreased negative descriptions and reduced labelling after the intervention. These results support the efficacy of education and contact-based strategies for reducing mental illness stigma. Implications of the findings for low-middle income countries like India are discussed. 2017 artículo científico 1132-0559 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179869016004 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/179869016004.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179869016004/movil 10.1016/j.psi.2016.11.003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1798 Psychosocial Intervention application/pdf Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid Psychosocial Intervention (España) Num.2 Vol.26 |
| title | Breaking barriers: An education and contact intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among Indian college students |
| topic | Psicología Stigma Intervention Mental illness College students |
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