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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.2.451

The Effect of Psychobiographical Information on Attitude Change toward Mentally Ill People  

Kang, Sang-Hyun (Ma-Deo Psychological Learning Center)
Son, ChongNak (Dept. of Psychology, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.2, 2017 , pp. 451-457 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of psychobiographical information on the attitude change toward mentally ill people. For this, 30 college students were randomly assigned to one group that received a psychobiographical information(PBI) and the other group a psycho-pathological information(PPI). Measures of attitude change were favorability, reliability, and social distance. The results were significantly different only in social distance between the two groups. Within each group, there was a significant change in favorability only in the psycho-pathological information group, and there was a significant change in the favorability, reliability and social distance in the psychobiographical information group. These results are significant in that they have empirically confirmed that a psychobiographical approach can be effective in changing attitudes toward mentally ill people.
Keywords
Psychobiography; Attitude Change; Mentally Ill People; Psychopathology; Social Distance;
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