Influence and Social Distance Consequences across Categories of Race and Mental Illness

IF 3 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

Society and Mental Health Pub Date : 2019-07-01 DOI:10.1177/2156869318761125

Jeffrey W. Lucas, J. Phelan

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Abstract

This paper describes an experimental study (N = 184) that investigated influence and social distance consequences of a number of attributes in interpersonal interactions. The attributes included race, education, panic disorder, depression, and schizophrenia. Participants interacted with fictitious partners whom they believed were real and who represented the attributes studied. Participants had opportunities to be influenced by and seek distance from their interaction partners. Results showed that low educational attainment and schizophrenia significantly reduced the influence of partners. Participants sought significantly more social distance from partners who were African American and partners with depression or schizophrenia than other partners. The results are noteworthy in (1) finding that race did not affect influence in the sample but did affect social distance; (2) showing that different mental illness labels led to different reactions, with schizophrenia leading to particularly strong negative reactions; and (3) demonstrating these effects behaviorally in an interactional setting.

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跨种族和精神疾病类别的影响和社会距离后果

本文描述了一项实验研究（N=184），该研究调查了人际交往中许多属性的影响和社交距离后果。这些特征包括种族、教育、恐慌症、抑郁症和精神分裂症。参与者与虚构的伙伴互动，他们认为这些伙伴是真实的，代表了所研究的属性。参与者有机会受到互动伙伴的影响并寻求与之保持距离。结果显示，低教育程度和精神分裂症显著降低了伴侣的影响。与其他伴侣相比，参与者寻求与非裔美国人和患有抑郁症或精神分裂症的伴侣保持更大的社交距离。结果值得注意：（1）发现种族不影响样本中的影响力，但影响社交距离；（2）显示不同的精神疾病标签导致不同的反应，其中精神分裂症导致特别强烈的负面反应；以及（3）在互动环境中以行为方式展示这些影响。

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Society and Mental Health SOCIOLOGY-

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9.50

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7.80%

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期刊介绍： Official journal of the ASA Section on the Sociology of Mental Health. Society and Mental Health (SMH) publishes original and innovative peer-reviewed research and theory articles that link social structure and sociocultural processes with mental health and illness in society. It will also provide an outlet for sociologically relevant research and theory articles that are produced in other disciplines and subfields concerned with issues related to mental health and illness. The aim of the journal is to advance knowledge in the sociology of mental health and illness by publishing the leading work that highlights the unique perspectives and contributions that sociological research and theory can make to our understanding of mental health and illness in society.