Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

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Factors Affecting Social Distance toward Mental Illness: A Nationwide Telephone Survey in Korea

정신질환에 대한 일반인의 사회적 거리감에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Moon, Sang-Jun (Department of Health Policy and Management & Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Seok (Department of Health Policy and Management & Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Sue-Kyung (Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sun-Young (Department of Health Policy and Management & Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yoon (Department of Health Policy and Management & Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Ik (Department of Health Policy and Management & Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Young-Soo (Department of Health Policy and Management & Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 문상준 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실 및 의료관리학 연구소) ;
  • 이진석 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실 및 의료관리학 연구소) ;
  • 박수경 (서울대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이선영 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실 및 의료관리학 연구소) ;
  • 김윤 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실 및 의료관리학 연구소) ;
  • 김용익 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실 및 의료관리학 연구소) ;
  • 신영수 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실 및 의료관리학 연구소)
  • Published : 2008.11.30
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate impact of knowledge familiarity, and prejudice about mental illness as well as demographic factors on the social distance from mentally ill people, which is a proxy measure of discrimination. Method: To assess the impact of knowledge and familiarity, prejudice about mental illness and demographic factors on the social distance from mental illness, we conducted a telephone survey in South Korea with the responders being nationally representative people who were 18 years old or over (n=1040). Independent samples T-tests, one way ANOVA and linear regression analysis were performed to analyze the results of the survey. Result: The social distance from mental illness decreased as the knowledge and familiarity increased, but the social distance was increased as prejudice was increased. Prejudice had a greater impact on social distance than familiarity and knowledge. Females showed greater social distance than did males. A higher education level had a negative effect on social distance. Conclusion: to reduce the social distance from mentally ill people, efforts to increase the familiarity about mental illness as well as efforts to educate people about mental illness are important.

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