[
    {
        "id": "osp-3267",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "The Predictive Ability of Beliefs about Mental Illness and Social Suppport in Stigma among a Sample of Patients in Psychiatric Clinics",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Alsawalmeh",
                "given": "Aishah A."
            },
            {
                "family": "Edmaidi",
                "given": "Sara N."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/the-predictive-ability-of-beliefs-about-mental-illness-and-social-suppport-in-stigma-among-a-sample-of-patients-in-psychiatric-clinics",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2021
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies",
        "volume": "15",
        "issue": "3",
        "page": "438-451",
        "DOI": "10.53543/jeps.vol15iss3pp438-451",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2218-6506",
        "abstract": "This study aimed to examine the predictive ability of beliefs about mental illness and social support for stigma, and to identify the beliefs about mental illness, the level of social support and the level of stigma among 404 patients attending psychiatric clinics in Jordan, who were selected by convenience sampling. To achieve the study's aim, a scale of beliefs about mental illness, a social support scale and a stigma scale were developed. The results indicated a high belief that life stressors are a cause of illness, whereas the means showed a low belief that mental illness is the reason family members do not marry. The level of social support was high and the level of stigma was moderate. The causes of mental illness and its effect on the family, together with support provided by friends and physicians, predicted stigma, whereas awareness of the nature of mental illness, treatment and recovery, and support from the family, did not contribute to predicting stigma."
    }
]