Knowledge about Schizophrenia and Social Distance toward Individuals with Schizophrenia: A Survey among Predominantly Low-Income, Urban, African American Community Members
Knowledge about Schizophrenia and Social Distance toward Individuals with Schizophrenia: A Survey among Predominantly Low-Income, Urban, African American Community Members
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DOI：
10.1097/01.pra.0000314315.94791.80
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Hochman, Karen
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作者：
Esterberg, Michelle L.;Compton, Michael T.;Hochman, Karen
本研究调查了111名城市非裔美国人社区成员对精神疾病的熟悉程度、对精神分裂症的知识以及与精神分裂症患者的社会距离。参与者主要是新教徒，受教育程度和收入相对较低。知识与社会距离得分无显著相关。精神分裂症知识的独立显著预测因素（占得分差异的49%）包括受教育程度、性别、是否有朋友有精神治疗史，以及是否认识精神分裂症患者。社会距离得分的独立预测因子包括精神治疗家族史和精神分裂症家族史，占得分方差的14%。需要对特定种族、民族、文化和社会经济群体进行进一步研究，以更好地了解精神分裂症和病耻感知识背后的复杂关联。（Journal of psychiatry Practice 2008;14:86-93）
This study surveyed 111 urban African American community members regarding their level of familiarity with mental illness, knowledge about schizophrenia, and social distance toward individuals with schizophrenia. The participants were predominantly Protestant, with relatively low educational attainment and low income. Knowledge and social distance scores were not significantly correlated. Independently significant predictors of knowledge about schizophrenia, which accounted for 49% of the variance in scores, included level of educational attainment, gender, having a friend with a history of psychiatric treatment, and having known someone with schizophrenia. Independent predictors of social distance scores included family history of psychiatric treatment and family history of schizophrenia, which accounted for 14% of variance in scores. Further research involving specific racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups is needed to better understand the complex associations underlying knowledge about schizophrenia and stigma. (Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2008;14:86-93)