Year of Award
2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Name
School Psychology
Department or School/College
Department of Psychology
Committee Chair
Gregory R. Machek
Commitee Members
Margaret Beebe-Frankenberger, Cameo Borntrager, Duncan Campbell, Elaine Clark
Keywords
acute adolescent mental health, adolescent mental health, adolescent stigma, inpatient psychiatric treatment, public stigma, self-stigma
Publisher
University of Montana
Abstract
The current study sought to better understand how adolescents with serious mental health problems participating in inpatient psychiatric treatment experience self- and perceived public stigma, using demographic and clinical factors to help further explain adolescents' experience of self- and perceived public stigma. Participants reported moderate levels of both self- and perceived public stigma, though these adolescents did not report significantly higher levels of self- or perceived public stigma than community/outpatient based samples. Although neither the three demographic nor three clinical factors were able to account for a significant amount of reported self- or perceived public stigma, the current research examined an understudied, acute population not previously found in the literature. This study begins to fill the gap in research about stigma experiences from the most acute populations.
Recommended Citation
Barraclough, Camille, "Stigma Perceptions of Adolescents with Emotional and/or Behavioral Difficulties" (2014). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 4414.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/4414
© Copyright 2014 Camille Barraclough