title: Exploring the Relationships Among Level of Contact, Nature of Contact, and Mental Illness Stigma in Adolescent Girls.
abstract: This study explored the relationship of individuals' level of contact with someone with mental illness, and the nature of that contact, to mental illness stigma in adolescent females (N = 156). There were no significant associations among stigma and level of contact. The nature of the contact was significantly associated with stigma, such that those who knew someone who received treatment in a psychiatric facility had lower stigma, and those who attributed a deterioration of a past personal relationship to mental illness reported greater stigma.
authors.affiliation: a Emory University , Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Greenblatt
authors.affiliation: a Emory University , Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Melissa D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: a Emory University , Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Melinda K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.affiliation: b Emory University , Rollins School of Public Health, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D057545:Social Stigma