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Predictors of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental disorders in a general population in Finland

2010

For planning effective and well-targeted initiatives to reduce stigma, we need to identify which factors are associated with stigmatizing of people with mental disorders.This study examined how well a combination of variables predicts stigmatizing attitudes and discrimination in a general population.A survey questionnaire was sent to 10,000 persons aged 15-80 years residing in western Finland. Attitudes were measured using a scale consisting of negative stereotypes about people with depression and stereotypical beliefs connected with mental problems, while discrimination was measured by a social distance scale. Predictors included demographic variables, mental health resources, personal exp…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentSocial StigmaPopulationPsychological interventionStigma (botany)Young AdultSex FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesBogardus social distance scalemedicineHumansPsychiatryeducationFinlandInternal-External Controlta515Depression (differential diagnoses)AgedAged 80 and overDepressive DisorderStereotypingeducation.field_of_studyData CollectionMental DisordersAge FactorsSocial SupportPsychological distressMiddle AgedMental healthPsychiatry and Mental healthPsychological DistancePublic OpinionScale (social sciences)FemalePsychologyPrejudiceClinical psychologyNordic Journal of Psychiatry
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The role of right and left posterior parietal cortex in the modulation of spatial attentional biases by self and non-self face stimuli

2012

In the present research we investigated whether the direction of the attentional bias in line bisection judgment displayed by healthy subjects is influenced by the evaluation of the social distance between self and other. We used inhibitory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) trains over the right and left parietal cortex to investigate the role of these regions in the task. Following right parietal rTMS, the self face is perceived as closer when it is located at the right line endpoint; following left parietal rTMS, the self face is perceived as closer when it is located at the left line endpoint. In both cases, the side of space ipsilateral to the rTMS is underestimated fr…

MaleSocial Psychologymedicine.medical_treatmentPosterior parietal cortexsocial cognitionDevelopmentAttentional biasLeft posteriorbehavioral disciplines and activitiesBehavioral NeuroscienceYoung AdultParietal LobemedicineHumansAttentionSocial Distanceposterior parietale cortexBrain MappingSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaSelfHealthy subjectsTranscranial Magnetic StimulationSelf ConceptTranscranial magnetic stimulationparietal cortexPsychological DistanceSocial PerceptionTMSFace (geometry)Space PerceptionFemaleSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaYoung Adult; Social Distance; Social Perception; Brain Mapping; Self Concept; Humans; Space Perception; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Parietal Lobe; Attention; Male; FemalePsychologyCognitive psychology
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New comers, confidence and social fragmentation in communities with strong cultural differentiation in Sicily

2011

This article is a community study carried out in a microcosm of Sicily about strategies to defend collective identity and territory from the waves of new immigrants, about the changing of representations of immigrants, and the problems that multiculturalism poses with regard to issues of identity and confidence

confidence immigration rights citizenship social distanceSettore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale
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