Carleton University
The Impact of Job Accommodations on Mental Health-Related Stigma
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe current research examined the impact of accommodations for depression or anxiety (Study 1) and educational information (Study 2) on mental health-related stigma in the workplace. Participants read a scenario about a fictitious coworker returning to work following a leave of absence and answered items on negative stereotypes, unfairness, and emotional and behavioural responses. Scenarios varied the reason for leave [depression, anxiety, surgery] and accommodation [yes, no]. In Study 2, half of participants also read information about the employer's duty to accommodate. The results provided no evidence that accommodations or educational information influenced stigma. Rather, the results suggested that stigma towards accommodations for depression or anxiety may be the result of disclosing these mental health problems. Moreover, there was solid evidence that participants who endorsed negative stereotypes were more likely to believe that making changes for coworkers with health problems is unfair and to respond with negative emotions and behaviours.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Psychology
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Carleton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2019
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Tulk, Christine Edith
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 2019 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/39712