The role of gender in mental-illness stigma: A national experiment

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Wirth, James H ^a,b   Bodenhausen, Galen V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449101321     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02282.x     Document Type: Article

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