Males' and Females' Attitudes Toward a Prospective Social Group Member with a History of Mental Illness

Attitudes of male and female subjects toward a prospective social group member who did/did not have a history of mental illness were investigated. The cognitive, behavioral and affective components of subjects' attitudes were measured. Results from the cognitive measure indicated that: 1) Subjects in the experimental condition perceived the confederate less positively on personal characteristics indicative of moral character. 2) Male subjects perceived the confederate as more dependable when she had a history of mental illness, while female subjects perceived her as less dependable when she disclosed history of mental illness. On the behavioral and affective component measures, there were no significant differences between the groups.

Grantor dc:publisher

UNF Digital Commons

Year dc:date

1986

Author dc:creator

• Walburn, Kathryn H

• University of North Florida; UNF; Thesis; Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology: Thesis; Academic -- UNF – Psychology; Dissertations
• Academic -- UNF -- Counseling; College students -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Psychology; Mental illness -- Social aspects; Mentally ill -- Social conditions; Small groups; Social psychology; Stigma (Social psychology) -- Sex differences
• Arts and Humanities
• Counseling
• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/656

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.unf.edu:etd-1720