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Public Conceptions of Mental Illness: Labels, Causes, Dangerousness, and Social Distance
Author(s): Bruce Link, Jo Phelan, Michaeline Bresnahan, Ann Stueve, Bernice Pescosolido
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: The authors used nationwide survey data to characterize current public conceptions related to recognition of mental illness and perceived causes, dangerousness, and desired social distance. METHODS: Data were derived from a vignette experiment included in the 1996 General Social Survey. Respondents (n = 1444) were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 vignette conditions. Four vignettes described psychiatric disorders meeting diagnostic cri...
The Stigma of Homelessness: The Impact of the Label 'Homeless' on Attitudes Toward Poor Persons
Author(s): Jo Phelan, Bruce Link, Robert Moore, Ann Stueve
Publication Date: 1997
Poor people have long been stigmatized and blamed for their situation. According to theory about stigma and about inequality-legitimating ideologies, homeless people should be stigmatized even more severely than the generic poor. Recent research suggests that the opposite may be true, but the data used in comparing attitudes toward homeless and other poor people have not been strictly comparable. Thus the conclusions that can be drawn are limited...
On Stigma and Its Consequences: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Men with Dual Diagnoses of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Author(s): Bruce Link, Elmer Struening, Michael Rahav, Jo Phelan, Larry Nuttbrock
Publication Date: 1997
Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong connection between the experience of stigma and the well-being of the stigmatized. But in the area of mental illness there has been controversy surrounding the magnitude and duration of the effects of labeling and stigma. One of the arguments that has been used to downplay the importance of these factors is the substantial body of evidence suggesting that labeling leads to positive effects through menta...
Who Are "the Homeless"? Reconsidering the Stability and Composition of the Homeless Population
Author(s): Jo Phelan, Bruce Link
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the extent to which the use of point-prevalence samples biases conclusions drawn about homeless people. METHODS: Three data sets and published research were used to examine the degree to which conditions leading to point-prevalence bias (turnover in the homeless population, variability in the persistence of homelessness, and associations between personal characteristics and persistence) characterize the homeless po...