title: Attitudes of Chinese and American male students towards mental illness.
abstract: Attitudes towards mental illness were measured by the Opinion About Mental Illness Scale (OMI) for 83 male graduate college students from American and Chinese cultural backgrounds. The OMI questionnaire consisted of five factors: A) Authoritarianism, B) Benevolence, C) Mental Hygiene Ideology, D) Social Restrictiveness, and E) Interpersonal Etiology. Statistically significant differences between the two groups of subjects on Factors A, B, D and E of the OMI were found. American students performed lower on "Authoritarianism", on "Social Restrictiveness", and on "Interpersonal Etiology", and higher on "Benevolence" than Chinese subjects.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, College of Education, Division of Curriculum and Instruction (Special Education), Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shokoohi-Yekta
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Retish
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States