Wahl O F, Lefkowits J Y
Am J Community Psychol. 1989 Aug;17(4):521-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00931176.
The possible impact of a prime time television film portraying a mentally ill killer was investigated. Groups of college students were shown the film with and without a film trailer reminding viewers that violence is not characteristic of mentally ill persons. A third group viewed a film not about mental illness. Postfilm responses to the Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill scale indicated that those who saw the target film expressed significantly less favorable attitudes toward mental illness and community care of mentally ill persons than did those who saw the control film, regardless of whether of not they received the trailer along with the target film. Results support concerns that media depictions add to mental illness stigma and also suggest that corrective information alone may be sufficient to counteract the stigmatizing impact of such audience-involving mass media portrayals.
研究了一部黄金时段播放的描绘精神病杀手的电视电影可能产生的影响。分别向几组大学生播放这部电影，其中一组在播放电影前还观看了提醒观众暴力并非精神病患者特征的预告片，另一组则只看电影不看预告片。第三组观看的是一部与精神疾病无关的电影。观看电影后，通过《社区对精神病患者的态度量表》进行的反馈显示，观看目标电影的人对精神疾病以及精神病患者社区护理所表达的积极态度，明显少于观看对照电影的人，无论他们在观看目标电影时是否观看了预告片。研究结果证实了人们的担忧，即媒体描绘会加剧对精神疾病的污名化，同时也表明仅靠纠正性信息可能就足以抵消这类吸引观众的大众媒体描绘所产生的污名化影响。
