Differences in attributions of mental illness and social distance for portrayals of four mental disorders

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 547-552

  Kasow, Zachary M ^a   Weisskirch, Robert S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649485058     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/13.15.PR0.107.5.547-552     Document Type: Article

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