Graduate Program
Counseling (School or Clinical Mental Health)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Semester of Degree Completion
2011
Thesis Director
Gloria Leitschuh
Thesis Committee Member
Angela Yoder
Thesis Committee Member
Steven Conn
Abstract
This study examines social tolerance and support for legal coercion for people suffering from schizophrenia. Mental illness, defined as a biomedical illness, has decreased stigma and support for legal coercion for other mental illnesses but has the inverse relationship with schizophrenia (Phelan, Yang, Cruz-Rojas, 2006; Schnittker, 2008). This increase in stigma may be linked to scientific quantitative data that places the illness in control of the person. The study examines Eastern Illinois University students' (N=130) level of social tolerance and support for legal coercion for people suffering from schizophrenia after they have been exposed to qualitative data, quantitative data, or no data. The author discusses results and a possible historical link to stigma.
Recommended Citation
Washburn, Fred A., "Does Quantitative Or Qualitative Data Lower Stigma Of Those Suffering From Schizophrenia?" (2011). Masters Theses. 142.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/142
