Stopping the Stigma. How Empathy and Reflectiveness Can Help Reduce Mental Health Stigma
Stopping the Stigma. How Empathy and Reflectiveness Can Help Reduce Mental Health Stigma
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DOI：
10.1080/15213269.2021.1963991
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发表时间：
2021-08-27
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Bartsch, Anne
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作者：
Hecht, Marlene;Kloss, Andrea;Bartsch, Anne
鉴于患有精神疾病的人数众多，以及媒体中普遍存在对精神疾病的污名化描述，重要的是调查如何利用媒体信息--相反--来减少对精神健康的污名。在前人对同理心去污名化效应研究的基础上，我们调查了三个内容因素(描绘的精神疾病：自闭症与精神分裂症；背景音乐：情绪与中性；真实性：真实与真实的描绘)对同理心、反思性思维以及对精神病患者的态度的影响。结构方程模型揭示了这些内容因素对共情、反思性思维的影响，以及间接(通过共情和反思性思维)对心理健康态度的影响。这些结果引起了人们对反思性在移情-态度效应中的中介作用的关注，同时也揭示了真实证明者的自我表露的作用。讨论了关于特定消息格式和所描述的精神疾病的限制。
Given the high number of individuals with mental illness, and the prevalence of stigmatizing portrayals of mental illness in the media, it is important to investigate how media messages can - in contrast - be harnessed to reduce mental health stigma. Extending previous research on the destigmatizing effects of empathy, we investigated the effects of three content factors (mental illness portrayed: autism vs. schizophrenia; background music: emotional vs. neutral; veracity: actual vs. enacted portrayals) on empathy, reflective thoughts, and attitudes toward persons with mental illness. Structural equation modeling revealed effects of these content factors on empathy, reflective thoughts, and indirectly (via empathy and reflective thoughts) on mental health attitudes. These results draw attention to the role of reflectiveness in mediating empathy-attitude effects, but also shed light on the effect of authentic testimonials' self-disclosure. Limitations regarding the specific message format and mental illness depicted are discussed.