Norman Ross Mg, Sorrentino Richard, Windell Deborah, Manchanda Rahul
Department of Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
Can J Psychiatry. 2008 Dec;53(12):848-56. doi: 10.1177/070674370805301210.
To investigate the relation of responses to the Schwartz Value Scale to preferred social distance to a person with either schizophrenia or depression. The influence of personal value priorities on discrimination has been investigated in several contexts, but seldom with reference to social distance towards those with mental illness.
University students (n = 200) completed the Schwartz Value Scale, as well as a measure of beliefs about mental illness and preferred social distance with reference to a vignette describing a person with either schizophrenia or depression.
Consistent with past findings, respondents indicated a preference for greater social distance for schizophrenia than depression, and beliefs about likelihood of socially inappropriate behaviour and danger were correlated with social distance. Self-transcendence value orientation was a significant independent predictor of preference for less social distance. These findings were not influenced by a social desirability bias.
Value orientation makes a significant contribution to the prediction of social distance towards those with mental illness. Evaluation of value-based interventions to reduce such discrimination appears warranted.
探讨对施瓦茨价值量表的反应与对精神分裂症或抑郁症患者的偏好社交距离之间的关系。个人价值优先级对歧视的影响已在多种情境下进行了研究，但很少涉及对患有精神疾病者的社交距离。
大学生（n = 200）完成了施瓦茨价值量表，以及一项关于对精神疾病的信念和参照描述精神分裂症或抑郁症患者的 vignette 的偏好社交距离的测量。
与过去的研究结果一致，受访者表示对精神分裂症患者的社交距离偏好大于对抑郁症患者的，并且对社交不适当行为和危险可能性的信念与社交距离相关。自我超越价值取向是偏好较小社交距离的显著独立预测因素。这些发现不受社会期望偏差的影响。
价值取向对预测对患有精神疾病者的社交距离有显著贡献。对基于价值的减少此类歧视的干预措施进行评估似乎是有必要的。
