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The Effects of Anti-Stigma Interventions in Resident Advisors' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

McGuire Wise, Stephanie Dawn, Ph.D.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-0973
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo148016474472632

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Counselor Education and Supervision.
College students with mental illness benefit from counseling services to overcome barriers to success. Resident Advisors (RAs) can refer students, but need education and training to decrease the effects of mental health stigma. The purpose of this study was to determine if anti-stigma interventions produced differences in mental health stigma in the RA population. In this study, 94 RAs participated in interventions involving education and personal testimony. Three published instruments were selected to measure mental health stigma. The Separate-Sample Pretest-Posttest Design 12c (Campbell & Stanley, 1963) was used to separate participants into two groups. Paired samples and independent samples t-tests were calculated to determine within and between group results. Results showed that public stigma and one factor of self-stigma was less from time one to time two. Effect sizes were mostly in the small to medium range. In addition, post-test scores were not sensitized by pre-test scores with any of the measures. Limitations include reliability of one of the instruments and generalizability to other populations. Implications for counseling center personnel, Residence Life staff, and university administrators are discussed as well as future directions for research.
John Laux, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Debra Harmening, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Caroline O'Hara, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Christopher Roseman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
185 p.
Counseling Education; Higher Education; Mental Health; Social Structure
stigma; retention; college student; resident advisor; personal testimony

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  • McGuire Wise, S. D. (2016). The Effects of Anti-Stigma Interventions in Resident Advisors' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo148016474472632

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McGuire Wise, Stephanie. The Effects of Anti-Stigma Interventions in Resident Advisors' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness. 2016. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo148016474472632.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McGuire Wise, Stephanie. "The Effects of Anti-Stigma Interventions in Resident Advisors' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo148016474472632

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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