Beyond attributions: Understanding public stigma of mental illness with the common sense model

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-181

  Mak, Winnie W S ^a   Chong, Eddie S K ^a   Wong, Celia C Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese adults; Common sense model; People with mental illness; Social distance; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINESE; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902980245     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099373     Document Type: Article

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