Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Assessing the impact of The Jar Model of Mental Illness Video on reactions of prejudice towards people with mental illness in individuals without a personal or family history of mental illness

Houska-Segall, Hailey Autumn
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-1078
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1650320095245125

Abstract Details

2022, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Genetic Counseling.
Although there is an abundant amount of research highlighting internalized and associative stigma, studies focusing on the degree of prejudice about mental illness in individuals who do not have close contact to someone with a diagnosed mental illness is limited. With a specific focus on the concept of prejudice driving discriminatory behavior, this study had three specific aims to address this gap in literature; 1. Identify stigmatizing thoughts and attitudes individuals have towards diagnosed mental illness. 2. Assess understanding of causes and risk factors for mental illness. 3. Evaluate the impact of an educational video explaining the multifactorial inheritance of psychiatric illness on attitudes and knowledge about mental illness. To meet these aims, potential study participants were identified and recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Potential participants were screened using worker qualifications that allowed pre-vetting of participants using a list of screener questions. Inclusion criteria was comprised of the following: 1. Participants must be over the age of 18, 2. Participants must live in the United States and Canada, 3. Participants must have access to the internet, 4. Participants must have the ability to read English, 5. Participants must not have a personal history of a diagnosed mental illness, and 6. Participants must not have a first-degree family member with a diagnosed mental illness. Once eligible participants were identified, individuals were invited to participate in the study which was administered online using RedCap. Among 181 individuals screened; 106 individuals completed the entire survey. Participants viewed a 4-minute info-graphic video highlighting the jar model analogy and the complex inheritance of mental illness. They also completed pre- and post-video surveys with questions measuring prejudicial views towards people with a mental illness using the Prejudice towards People with Mental Illness (PPMI) scale and factual true/false questions about the causes and risk factors for mental illness. There was not a significant difference in knowledge scores from pre- to post-survey after video intervention. However, our data showed that the video intervention led to a significant decrease in stigmatizing attitudes overall, across all four PPMI-sub scales (p-value= 0.0003). The unpredictability subscale showed the highest stigma scores, both pre- and post-video survey. The second highest stigma scores were found in the fear/avoidance subscale, and the least amount of stigma for both surveys was observed in the malevolence subscale. Based on this data, our study found a high level of knowledge in study participants prior to video intervention, which resulted in no significant difference in score post-intervention. A high baseline knowledge of mental illness may have been from random chance or due to the majority of study participants having a bachelor’s degree education or higher. PPMI survey data revealed a decrease in prejudicial attitudes post-video intervention. This study provides evidence that the use of the mental illness jar analogy in video format is an effective educational tool to decrease prejudicial views towards mental illness and thereby may be able to help reduce stigma related to psychiatric illnesses.
Amber Aeilts (Committee Member)
Jehannine Austin, Dr. (Committee Member)
Dawn Allain (Advisor)
74 p.
Genetics; Health Care
genetic; genetic counseling; genetics; counseling; mental illness; jar model; jar; psychiatric illness; psychiatric; prejudice; stigma; mental illness stigma; mental illness prejudice

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Houska-Segall, H. A. (2022). Assessing the impact of The Jar Model of Mental Illness Video on reactions of prejudice towards people with mental illness in individuals without a personal or family history of mental illness [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1650320095245125

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Houska-Segall, Hailey. Assessing the impact of The Jar Model of Mental Illness Video on reactions of prejudice towards people with mental illness in individuals without a personal or family history of mental illness. 2022. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1650320095245125.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Houska-Segall, Hailey. "Assessing the impact of The Jar Model of Mental Illness Video on reactions of prejudice towards people with mental illness in individuals without a personal or family history of mental illness." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1650320095245125

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

osu1650320095245125
163
© 2022, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by The Ohio State University and OhioLINK.