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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.1.291

Related Factors to Attitude and Conception of Community toward the Mental Illness  

Kang, Mi-Kyung (Division of Nursing, Youngdong University)
Lee, Youn-Kyung (Division of Nursing, Kimcheon Science College)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.1, 2014 , pp. 291-298 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine attitudes and conception of community toward the mental illness. The data, which is used for this study was two questions, was extracted from National Health Behavior Examination survey. 1,051 were included for analysis, and frequency analysis, chi-square test, t-test, and logistic regression were used. As a result, man has more positive attitude than women. old age group(>=65) was more positive than other age group significantly(p<0.05). In the educational aspect, people who graduate college or higher educated has negative attitude or conception to the mental illness, and middle school graduate group showed significantly positive attitude(p<0.05). The result of this study will present the reason and basic information for planning of mental health program in community.
Keywords
Attitude; Community; Mental Illness; Perception;
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