Attitudes toward Mental Illness: The Construction of the Libertarian Mental Health Ideology Scale.

Nevid, Jeffrey S.; Morrison, James

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ERIC Number: EJ223248

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Publication Date: 1980

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Attitudes toward Mental Illness: The Construction of the Libertarian Mental Health Ideology Scale.

Nevid, Jeffrey S.; Morrison, James

Journal of Humanistic Psychology, v20 n2 p71-85 Spr 1980

The study was an attempt to construct an attitude scale to measure the radical psychosocial or libertarian position about "mental illness" and mental health practices. The factor analysis defined four scale factors: mental illness mythology, antimedical model, social deviance control, and anti-coercive treatment. (Author)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Disability Discrimination, Measurement Techniques, Mental Disorders, Social Attitudes, Social Bias, Test Validity, Theories

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Language: English

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