title: [Attitudes of graduate nursing students towards mental disorders in Brazil, Chile and Peru].
abstract: This study aimed to draw a profile of nursing graduate students' attitudes towards mental disorders in three different cultures: Brazil, Chile and Peru. The opinion scale for mental disorders was applied. The results showed statistically significant differences (5%) in terms of authoritarianism, mental hygiene ideology, serial restriction and minority vision, which were favorable to Brazilian students. As to the factor interpersonal etiology, the results were favorable to Peruvians, while the results for etiology of mental strain were favorable to Chileans. There was no statistical evidence to confirm any difference in terms of benevolence. These results reveal that Brazilian students present more positive attitudes towards mental disorders, as they showed to be less authoritarian, restrictive and discriminative than the Chilean and Peruvian students. Therefore, they are more likely to develop a more therapeutic behavior towards people with mental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. lujope@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Luiz Jorge
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Pedrão
authors.forename: Sueli Aparecida Frari
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Galera
authors.forename: Maria Concepcion Pezo
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cazenave Gonzalez
authors.forename: Moacyr Lobo da
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Costa Júnior
authors.forename: Maria Conceição Bernardo de Mello E
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Gricelda Uceda
authors.initials: GU
authors.lastname: Senmache
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D001938:Brazil; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D010568:Peru; D013338:Students, Nursing