Barczyk Amanda N
Trauma Services, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, 4900 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX, 78723, USA,
Community Ment Health J. 2015 Jan;51(1):38-47. doi: 10.1007/s10597-014-9766-z. Epub 2014 Jul 23.
Disbelief exits that individuals who have a mental health condition are able to recover and fully function in life. This study analyzed 1,437 adults from the 2006 General Social Survey. Structural equation modeling (1) examined the relationship between respondents' level of prejudicial attitudes and social distance (i.e., stigma) toward individuals who have a mental health condition and their belief in the potential of recovery (2) tested whether previous contact with an individual who received treatment was a mediator. Findings indicated that the belief in recovery led to lower levels of social distance. Prejudicial attitudes were found to be a predictor of one's level of social distance. Previous contact was not a mediator however; males, minorities and those with less education were less likely to have had previous contact. Results indicated a need to emphasize the probability of recovering from a mental health condition when developing target-specific stigma reducing strategies.
人们怀疑有心理健康问题的个体能够康复并在生活中完全正常生活。本研究分析了2006年综合社会调查中的1437名成年人。结构方程模型（1）检验了受访者对有心理健康问题的个体的偏见态度水平与社会距离（即污名）之间的关系，以及他们对康复潜力的信念（2）检验了之前与接受过治疗的个体的接触是否起到中介作用。研究结果表明，对康复的信念会导致较低水平的社会距离。偏见态度被发现是一个人社会距离水平的预测因素。然而，之前的接触并不是中介因素；男性、少数群体和受教育程度较低的人之前接触的可能性较小。结果表明，在制定针对性的减少污名策略时，需要强调从心理健康问题中康复的可能性。
