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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 Public's View of the Competence Dangerousness, and Need for Legal Coercion of Persons with Mental Health Problems
Author(s): Bernice Pescosolido, John Monahan, Bruce Link, Ann Stueve, Saeko Kikuzawa
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others, and the use of legal means to force treatment. METHODS: The 1996 General Social Survey provided interview data with a nationally representative sample (n = 1444). Respondents were given a vignette based on diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, major depression, alcohol dependen...
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...