Lay Theories of Schizophrenia
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Vol. 34 (3) , 212-220
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002076408803400307
Abstract
Subjects completed two brief questionnaires, one concerning the description of, and attitudes towards schizophrenia and schizophrenics and the second on the possible cause of schizophrenia. Both questionnaires yielded a clearly interpretable factor struc ture and the relationship between the cause and 'symptoms' was examined. The restalts are discussed in terms of the range, determinants and structure of lay beliefs in mental illness, particularly schizophrenia.Keywords
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