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Stigmatization of a person visiting psychiatrist depends on observer's gender
- Source :
- Medical review. 63:638-642
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- National Library of Serbia, 2010.
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Abstract
- Introduction. The two types of stigmatization are social stigma, which includes discrimination, underestimation and distance in various social circumstances and personal stigma, which includes private relation i.e. a contact in person with stigmatized subject. Majority of recent publications has shown gender asymmetry in stigmatization (mostly indicating male predominance in stigmatizing processes), whereas the opposite data can be also found in some publications. The present study was aimed at exploring the relation of students' gender with their tendency to stigmatize subjects visiting a psychiatrist and at analyzing whether the gender influences the process of stigmatization. Material and methods. The survey included 523 students (227 on the second and 296 on the sixth year of School of Medicine, University of Belgrade). The instrument consisted of a vignette with questionnaire (14 items). Four versions of vignette were distributed: with/without 'label' and male/female subject in the vignette. Results. A more personal stigmatization was evident in the female students (p0.05). The stigmatization positively correlated with the intimacy of student's relation with the subject going to a psychiatrist. A higher rate of stigmatization was evident if the vignette was showing a person of the opposite gender. Discussion and conclusion. This is a unique study which analyzes separately the gender of a stigmatizing subject versus the subject being stigmatized and types of stigmatization. The data obtained should contribute to recognizing, understanding and controlling the widespread problem of stigma.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Students, Medical
Social stigma
Social Stigma
Subject (philosophy)
Stigma (botany)
Young Adult
Sex factors
Humans
Medicine
Psychiatry
Female students
business.industry
Data Collection
Mental Disorders
Gender Identity
General Medicine
Psychotherapy
Attitude
Vignette
Female
business
Social psychology
Male predominance
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18207383 and 00258105
- Volume :
- 63
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2e8e45c92a0c02d1a4b9209df401357b