How children stigmatize people with mental illness

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 526-546

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Watson, Amy C ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EMPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; TEACHING;

EID: 36148940937     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078359     Document Type: Article

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