title: Influences of Mental Illness Stigma on Perceptions of and Responses to Requests for Favors.
abstract: This article examines mental illness stigma effects on a request for a favor from a mentally ill individual. Four hundred and fourteen participants interacted with a hypothetical target on Facebook who was believed to have schizophrenia, depression, or a tooth cavity (i.e., the control group). Participants were asked to rate the favor request in terms of face threat, in addition to writing a response, which was then coded using message design logics. Results indicated that a request by a schizophrenic target threatened participants' positive face more significantly than that of a target with depression or without any mental illness. Participants' responses to the schizophrenic target were more likely to be conventional messages, whereas responses to the depressed target were more likely to be rhetorical messages. Theoretical and practical contributions are considered.
authors.affiliation: a Policy Studies , Nanzan University.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.affiliation: b Department of Communication Studies , University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012559:Schizophrenia; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping