Penn D L, Nowlin-Drummond A
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, 27599-3270, USA.
Schizophr Bull. 2001;27(2):197-203. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006866.
This study investigated the role of politically correct labels in emotional reactions, attributions regarding illness, behavioral intentions, and knowledge of schizophrenia symptoms. Two samples, undergraduate students and community members, were asked to rate a target individual on various scales using one of four labels varying in "political correctness": consumer of mental health services, person with severe mental illness, person with schizophrenia, and schizophrenic. Results showed that the label "consumer of mental health services" was associated with less negative reactions and was considered to be reflective of a condition more likely to change relative to the other, less politically correct labels. However, this label did not result in greater behavioral intention to interact with persons with a psychiatric disorder. Furthermore, participants receiving this label identified fewer symptoms associated with DSM-IV criteria of schizophrenia and were more likely to attribute responsibility for the condition to the target person, relative to the other labels.
本研究调查了政治正确标签在情绪反应、对疾病的归因、行为意图以及对精神分裂症症状的认知方面所起的作用。选取了本科生和社区成员两个样本，要求他们使用四个在“政治正确性”上有所不同的标签之一，在各种量表上对一个目标个体进行评分，这四个标签分别是：心理健康服务消费者、重度精神疾病患者、精神分裂症患者、患精神分裂症的人。结果显示，“心理健康服务消费者”这一标签与较少的负面反应相关联，并且被认为相较于其他政治正确性较低的标签，更能反映一种更有可能改变的状况。然而，这个标签并没有导致与精神疾病患者互动的更大行为意图。此外，与其他标签相比，接受这个标签的参与者识别出的与精神分裂症DSM-IV标准相关的症状更少，并且更有可能将病情的责任归咎于目标个体。
