Discriminatory and value attitudes towards people with mental disorders by students Cover Image

Дискриминационни и ценностни нагласи към лица с психични разстройства, от страна на ученици
Discriminatory and value attitudes towards people with mental disorders by students

Author(s): Simeon I. Sapundzhiev
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, School education, Developmental Psychology
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: persons with mental disorders; discrimination; value attitudes; myths; personal experience of interaction with persons with mental disorders

Summary/Abstract: The report is devoted to a study of the discriminatory and value attitudes of eleventh and twelfth grade students, regarding people with mental disorders. Attention is paid to widespread discriminatory attitudes and myths related to the manifestations of psychiatric diagnoses. The opinions and attitudes of the students towards the target group, their personal experience of interaction with people with mental disorders, their readiness for participation in joint activities with them and coexistence in the community are considered.