Reducing students' fear of mental illness by means of seminar-induced belief change.
Demonstrated that through brief demythologizing, college students' (N = 32) attitudes toward mental illness could be changed significantly in a non-medical model or psychosocial direction and that this attitude change apparently induced students to report a significantly reduced fear of contracting mental illness. Pretest-follow-up data comparisons confirmed the validity of these findings.
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003210:Concept Formation; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students