Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Aging Ment Health. 2020 Jul;24(7):1149-1152. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1584791. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
A great amount of interest has been invested in the understanding of public stigma toward persons with depression. However, published studies were mostly restricted to the study of stigma toward a young person with depression. This study was aimed to compare public stigma towards a younger and an older person with depression among a sample of the Jewish adult population in Israel. Computerized phone interviews were conducted with 393 participants (aged 18+) who were randomly presented with one of two vignettes describing a younger or an older person with depression. Overall, the participants reported low levels of stigma towards a person with depression. With the exception of pity, the younger person elicited higher levels of stigmatic attributions in all dimensions (cognitive, emotional, and behavioral) in comparison to the older person. Regardless of the age of the person with depression, only emotional reactions - but not cognitive attributions-were associated with discriminatory attributions. Our findings stress the importance of paying attention to the age of the person with depression in anti-stigma campaigns and studies to better understand the meaning and consequences of depression-stigma.
公众对抑郁症患者的污名化问题引起了广泛关注。然而，已发表的研究大多局限于对年轻抑郁症患者污名化的研究。本研究旨在比较以色列犹太成年人群体中对年轻和年老抑郁症患者的公众污名化程度。通过计算机电话访谈，对 393 名参与者（年龄在 18 岁及以上）进行了调查，他们随机呈现了两个描述年轻或年老抑郁症患者的情景片段之一。总体而言，参与者对抑郁症患者的污名化程度较低。与年老的患者相比，除了怜悯之外，年轻的患者在所有维度（认知、情感和行为）中引发了更高水平的污名化归因。无论抑郁症患者的年龄如何，只有情绪反应——而不是认知归因——与歧视性归因相关。我们的研究结果强调了在反污名化运动和研究中关注抑郁症患者年龄的重要性，以便更好地理解抑郁症污名的含义和后果。
