Feminist identity and social tolerance of mental illness: The influence of gender-role deviance

<p>This study examined the influence of feminist identity on social tolerance of mental illness, specifically, the extent to which people with gender deviant mental illnesses (i.e. men with depression, women with antisocial personality disorder) are socially tolerated. Male and female subjects (N=260) were given the Feminist Perspectives Scale and six character vignettes describing a person with a mental illness followed by a series of questions. Subjects received a score on six subscales of the FPS (conservative, liberal feminism, radical feminism, cultural feminism, socialist feminism, and woman of color feminism), which were compared to their social tolerance scores. Results suggested that conservative subjects were significantly less tolerant overall of all characters than were feminists. Age, race, and gender had significant effects on social tolerance. Implications of these results are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2003

Author dc:creator

• Hamilton, Susan Eileen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nina Nabors, PhD, Chair
• Flora Hoodin, PhD
• Kate Mehuron, PhD

• Feminism
• Toleration
• Clinical Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/57

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-1056