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The Effect of Psychobiographical Information on Attitude Change toward Mentally Ill People

심리전기적 정보(Psychobiographical Information)가 정신질환자에 대한 태도변화에 미치는 효과

  • Received : 2017.01.02
  • Accepted : 2017.02.20
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of psychobiographical information on the attitude change toward mentally ill people. For this, 30 college students were randomly assigned to one group that received a psychobiographical information(PBI) and the other group a psycho-pathological information(PPI). Measures of attitude change were favorability, reliability, and social distance. The results were significantly different only in social distance between the two groups. Within each group, there was a significant change in favorability only in the psycho-pathological information group, and there was a significant change in the favorability, reliability and social distance in the psychobiographical information group. These results are significant in that they have empirically confirmed that a psychobiographical approach can be effective in changing attitudes toward mentally ill people.

본 연구는 정신질환자에 대한 태도변화에 있어 심리전기적 정보가 가지는 효과성을 알아보기 위한 것이었다. 이를 위해 대학생 30명을 심리전기적 정보를 제공 받은 집단과 정신병리적 정보를 제공 받은 집단에 무선 배정하였다. 실험 참가자들은 처치 정보를 제공 받기 이전에 알코올 중독자 사례에 대한 설명을 5분가량 들었고, 태도변화에 대한 측정치는 호감도, 신뢰도, 사회적 거리감이었다. 연구결과 집단 간에는 사회적 거리감에서만 의미 있는 차이가 확인되었다. 집단내에서는 정신병리적 정보 집단의 경우 호감도에서만 의미 있는 변화가 있었던 것과 대조적으로 심리전기적 제공 집단에서는 호감도, 신뢰도, 사회적 거리감 모두 의미 있는 변화가 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 정신질환자에 대한 태도변화에 심리전기적 접근이 효과적일 수 있음을 경험적으로 확인했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

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