Attitudes toward the Mentally ILL, Knowledge of Mental Illness, and Personal Adjustment
- 1 February 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 26 (1) , 47-52
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1970.26.1.47
Abstract
2 studies were performed to discover correlates of attitudes toward the mentally ill. In Study I, 121 college students in 3 states were given the Opinions about Mental Illness questionnaire (OMI) and a test of knowledge about mental illness devised by Nunnally. Results showed that the students as a group were better informed about mental illness than the general population. Also, those who were less authoritarian toward the mental patient (as assessed by the OMI) were better informed than the more authoritarian. In Study II, 67 male students were given the OMI and the MMPI. Results showed that those who were less authoritarian on the OMI were more deviant on the MMPI.Keywords
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