STAVOVI PREMA OSOBAMA S POTEŠKOĆAMA MENTALNOG ZDRAVLJA. (Bosnian)

ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES. (English)

The implementation of modern approaches that seek to deinstitutionalize traditional psychiatric services is hampered by unfavorable attitudes of the community towards people with mental disabilities. Stigma is one of the most important factors that delay seeking help and negatively affects the quality of life of people with mental health problems. The research was conducted to describe attitudes towards people with mental health problems and determine their relationship with socio-demographic variables, information, and personal experience with mental health problems. There were 108 participants aged 21 to 59 (71% female, 64.5% college and university degrees). The Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness scale (CAMI) (Taylor & Dear, 1981) and a survey questionnaire were used online. Participants have generally benevolent attitudes toward all dimensions of the scale. Higher self-assessment of knowledge about mental health problems leads to more favorable attitudes towards authoritarianism, and younger age to less social restraint. Participants with a high school diploma have more negative attitudes towards the dimensions of authoritarianism and benevolence than participants with a university degree. There are no significant differences in attitudes regarding the experience of seeking mental health support, but on the authoritarian dimension, there is a significant interaction effect of being informed and mental health support seeking. The results indicate the importance of further research into the relationship between attitudes and mental health support seeking and the level of being informed on mental health issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Implementacija suvremenih pristupa koji teže deinstitucionalizaciji tradicionalnih psihijatrijskih usluga otežana je nepovoljnim stavovima zajednice prema osobama s mentalnim poteškoćama. Stigma je jedan od najvažnijih čimbenika koji odgađaju traženje pomoći te negativno utječu na kvalitetu života osoba s poteškoćama mentalnog zdravlja. Provedeno je istraživanje s ciljem opisivanja stavova prema osobama s poteškoćama mentalnog zdravlja te utvrđivanjem njihova odnosa sa sociodemografskim varijablama, informiranošću te osobnim iskustvom s poteškoćama mentalnog zdravlja. Sudjelovalo je 108 sudionika u dobi od 21 do 59 godina (70,4% ženskih, 64,5% više i visoke stručne spreme). U online obliku primijenjena je Skala stavova zajednice prema osobama s poteškoćama mentalnog zdravlja (CAMI) (Taylor i Dear, 1981.) te anketni upitnik sastavljen za potrebe istraživanja. Sudionici imaju uglavnom blagonaklone stavove na svim dimenzijama skale. Viša samoprocjena informiranosti vodi povoljnijim stavovima na autoritarnosti, a mlađa dob manjem socijalnom ograničavanju. Sudionici sa SSS-om imaju negativnije stavove na dimenzijama autoritarnosti i benevolentnosti od sudionika s VSS-om. Nema značajnih razlika u stavovima s obzirom na iskustvo s traženjem podrške za mentalno zdravlje, no na dimenziji autoritarnosti značajan je interakcijski efekt informiranosti i traženja podrške. Rezultati ukazuju na važnost daljnjeg istraživanja odnosa stavova s traženjem podrške za mentalno zdravlje te razinom informiranosti o pitanjima zaštite mentalnog zdravlja. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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