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Attitudes of Chinese and American Male Students towards Mental Illness

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  • Mohsen Shokoohi-Yekta

    (The University of Iowa, College of Education. Division of Curriculum and Instruction (Special Education), N274 Lindquist Center, Iowa City, IA 52242)

  • Paul Retish

    (The University of Iowa, College of Education. Division of Curriculum and Instruction (Special Education), N274 Lindquist Center, Iowa City, IA 52242)

Abstract

Attitudes towards mental illness were measured by the Opinion About Mental illness Scale (OMI) for 83 male graduate college students from American and Chinese cultural backgrounds. The OMI questionnaire consisted of five factors: A) Authoritarianism, B) Benevolence, C) Mental Hygiene Ideology, D) Social Restricti veness, and E) Interpersonal Etiology. Statistically significant differences between the two groups of subjects on Factors A, B, D and E of the OMI were found. American students performed lower on "Authoritarianism", on "Social Restrictiveness", and on "Interpersonal Etiology", and higher on "Benevolence" than Chinese subjects.

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  • Mohsen Shokoohi-Yekta & Paul Retish, 1991. "Attitudes of Chinese and American Male Students towards Mental Illness," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 37(3), pages 192-200, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:37:y:1991:i:3:p:192-200
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409103700306
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