JDJCSET | Sigma Xi Poster Competition
What are You, Crazy?: Effects of Psychoeducation on Perceptions of Individuals with Mental Illness
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Junior
Major
Psychology
Minor
Sociology
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Dr. Joyce
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
Many people view individuals with mental illness in discriminatory ways, potentially causing issues in treatment (Masuda, Price, Anderson, Schmertz, and Alamaras, 2009; US Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). This study examines the relationship between stigma and psychoeducation regarding pica. Participants received a survey with one of three vignettes describing an individual with pica. In one condition, only pica symptoms were described, in another a pica diagnosis was given, and in the third pica treatment was described. There will be approximately 60 undergraduate student participants enrolled in an Introductory Psychology class. An ANOVA will be performed to determine differences between the three groups. I hypothesize that there will be differences, with stigma changing depending on the amount of information that an individual receives. If the results show that more psychoeducation produces less stigma, this could alter our approach in reducing stigma.
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What are You, Crazy?: Effects of Psychoeducation on Perceptions of Individuals with Mental Illness
Many people view individuals with mental illness in discriminatory ways, potentially causing issues in treatment (Masuda, Price, Anderson, Schmertz, and Alamaras, 2009; US Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). This study examines the relationship between stigma and psychoeducation regarding pica. Participants received a survey with one of three vignettes describing an individual with pica. In one condition, only pica symptoms were described, in another a pica diagnosis was given, and in the third pica treatment was described. There will be approximately 60 undergraduate student participants enrolled in an Introductory Psychology class. An ANOVA will be performed to determine differences between the three groups. I hypothesize that there will be differences, with stigma changing depending on the amount of information that an individual receives. If the results show that more psychoeducation produces less stigma, this could alter our approach in reducing stigma.