Social distance towards the mentally ill: Results of representative surveys in the Federal Republic of Germany

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-141

  Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a   Matschinger, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0031026979     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796004205     Document Type: Article

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