Stigmatizing attitudes of Swiss youth towards peers with mental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research on public stigma towards people with mental disorders has mostly targeted adult samples and focused on depression, schizophrenia or mental disorders in general. Hence, the present study aimed to investigate predictors of stigmatizing attitudes towards different mental disorders (including less researched ones) in a representative sample of adolescents and young adults.

Methods

Data from the Swiss Youth Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Survey were used (analytical sample: n = 4,932). Each participant was randomly presented with one of five vignettes (depression; alcohol abuse; depression and alcohol abuse combined; schizophrenia; social anxiety). The structure of stigmatizing attitudes was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Regression m

SUBMITTER: Dey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380889 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature