title: Biogenetic explanations and emotional reactions to people with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder.
abstract: Using population-based data, the relationship between biogenetic causal beliefs and emotional reactions to persons with schizophrenia or depression was examined. Biogenetic attributions elicited either negative emotions alone or pro-social and negative emotions at the same time. Biogenetic attributions seem not helpful for improving emotional reactions to people with mental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Center for Public Mental Health, Untere Zeile 13, A-3482 Gösing am Wagram, Austria. Electronic address: angermeyer@aon.at.
authors.forename: Matthias C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Angermeyer
authors.affiliation: Creativ-Ceutical, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Millier
authors.affiliation: Creativ-Ceutical, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Mokhtar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kouki
authors.affiliation: Creativ-Ceutical, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Refaï
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; HELIOS Hanseklinikum, Stralsund, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schomerus
authors.affiliation: University of Lyon I, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Mondher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toumi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Biogenetic explanation; Emotional reactions; Mental disorders