Perceptions of Mental Illness

The purpose of the research is to gauge how familiarity with mental illness impacts how people designate to what/who is responsible for mental illness. In order to gauge these variables respondents answered whether they have... [ view full abstract ]

The purpose of the research is to gauge how familiarity with mental illness impacts how people designate to what/who is responsible for mental illness. In order to gauge these variables respondents answered whether they have ever suffered from a mental illness, how much experience they have interacting with individuals with mental illness, and how familiar they are with the general idea of mental illness.  The respondents then read scenarios depicting situations concerning individuals who suffer from mental illness, and answered questions about how they would respond.  I predict there will be a a correlation between the amount of familiarity an individual has with mental illness and their determination of what/who is responsible for the illness.