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Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students

INTRODUCTION: People from the general population often tend to believe that psychiatric patients may be incurable, dangerous, and unpredictable. Stigma represents a critical issue which should be defeated. In spite of the interest of research, little is known about the relationship between personali...

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Autores principales: Fusar-Poli, L., Saitta, G., Mormino, M., Avanzato, C., Signorelli, M.S., Aguglia, E.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9471720/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.383
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author Fusar-Poli, L.
Saitta, G.
Mormino, M.
Avanzato, C.
Signorelli, M.S.
Aguglia, E.
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Saitta, G.
Mormino, M.
Avanzato, C.
Signorelli, M.S.
Aguglia, E.
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description INTRODUCTION: People from the general population often tend to believe that psychiatric patients may be incurable, dangerous, and unpredictable. Stigma represents a critical issue which should be defeated. In spite of the interest of research, little is known about the relationship between personality traits and level of stigma toward people with mental illness. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether certain personality traits can influence the level of stigma towards mental illness in a population of university students. METHODS: A web-survey was spread on social networks between March and June 2020 through Google Forms. Eligibility criteria for inclusion were:1) Being 18 years of age or older; 2) Attending a degree course in an Italian University; 3) Provide informed consent. Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants were collected. Stigma was measured using the Attribution Questionnaire (AQ-27), personality traits were evaluated through the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS-i) investigated the knowledge about mental illness. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 24.0. RESULTS: We computed a multiple linear regression to calculate potential predictors of stigma, adjusted on the basis of the knowledge of mental illness. Results showed that age and faculty class were not related to stigma. Agreeableness (A) and Openness to experience (O) were associated with less stigmatizing attitudes. Conversely, Neuroticism (N) and Conscientiousness (C) seemed to predict higher levels of stigma. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest an interesting relationship between personality traits and stigmatizing attitudes, which deserves to be further studied. They also confirm the importance of implementing appropriate strategies against the stigma of mental illness. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.
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spelling pubmed-94717202022-09-29 Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students Fusar-Poli, L. Saitta, G. Mormino, M. Avanzato, C. Signorelli, M.S. Aguglia, E. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: People from the general population often tend to believe that psychiatric patients may be incurable, dangerous, and unpredictable. Stigma represents a critical issue which should be defeated. In spite of the interest of research, little is known about the relationship between personality traits and level of stigma toward people with mental illness. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether certain personality traits can influence the level of stigma towards mental illness in a population of university students. METHODS: A web-survey was spread on social networks between March and June 2020 through Google Forms. Eligibility criteria for inclusion were:1) Being 18 years of age or older; 2) Attending a degree course in an Italian University; 3) Provide informed consent. Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants were collected. Stigma was measured using the Attribution Questionnaire (AQ-27), personality traits were evaluated through the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS-i) investigated the knowledge about mental illness. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 24.0. RESULTS: We computed a multiple linear regression to calculate potential predictors of stigma, adjusted on the basis of the knowledge of mental illness. Results showed that age and faculty class were not related to stigma. Agreeableness (A) and Openness to experience (O) were associated with less stigmatizing attitudes. Conversely, Neuroticism (N) and Conscientiousness (C) seemed to predict higher levels of stigma. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest an interesting relationship between personality traits and stigmatizing attitudes, which deserves to be further studied. They also confirm the importance of implementing appropriate strategies against the stigma of mental illness. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9471720/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.383 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fusar-Poli, L.
Saitta, G.
Mormino, M.
Avanzato, C.
Signorelli, M.S.
Aguglia, E.
Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students
title Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students
title_full Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students
title_fullStr Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students
title_full_unstemmed Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students
title_short Do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? A web-survey among university students
title_sort do personality traits influence the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental illness? a web-survey among university students
topic Abstract
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9471720/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.383
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