College students attitudes towards mental illness in relation to gender, empathy, agreeableness and exposure
Year: 2014
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Researchers commonly claim that stigma is one of the major confounding factors \npreventing mentally Ill individuals seeking help (Zartaloudi and Madianos, 2010). \nThe aim of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference between \nPsychology, Business and Law students in relation to attitudes towards mental health, \nempathy and agreeableness. Differences between Gender, exposure to mental illness \nwere also measured in relation to empathy, agreeableness and mental health attitudes. \nThe Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness scale (Taylor and Dear, 1982), \nMultidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale(Caruso & Mayer,1998 and the Ten-Item \nPersonality Inventory (Gosling, Rentfrow, and Swann Jr., 2003) were used to explore \nthese aims. 98 (Male:42, Female:56) participants from a number of urban Dublin \ncolleges participated in the study which required them to fill out a questionnaire. \nResults showed no significant differences between the academic fields, in relation to \nthe scales, however gender and exposure levels did portray significant results. \nThis study can be used to further affirm current literature and anti-stigma \nprogrammes. Limitations are discussed within.
Source: eSource (Dublin Business School)
Author: Christopher Kelly
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1499579956