Community support systems: scaling community acceptance

In recommendations for community support systems, there are expectations of public involvement in unprecedented proportions; yet evidence of fundamental shifts in attitudes and behaviors toward the mentally ill is lacking. Considerations of the complexity of public acceptance led to the development...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 1981-01, Vol.17 (2), p.153-160
Main Authors: Johnson, P J, Beditz, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
Adult
ATTITUDES
Chronic Disease
Community/Communities/Communitarian
Deinstitutionalization
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Female
Florida/Floridian/Floridians
Humans
Male
MEASUREMENT
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Mental illness/Mentally ill
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Psychological Tests
PUBLIC OPINION
Scaling
Social Distance
Social Environment
Social Support
SOCIALIZATION, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT
Support/Supports/Supported/ Supporting/ Supportive
System/Systems
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Summary:In recommendations for community support systems, there are expectations of public involvement in unprecedented proportions; yet evidence of fundamental shifts in attitudes and behaviors toward the mentally ill is lacking. Considerations of the complexity of public acceptance led to the development of a scale used to measure the extent of support for the chronically mentally ill among 574 randomly selected adults in Leon County, Florida. Comparison of the general population with residents in a neighborhood known to be opposed to community-based services served to establish the validity of the scale. The findings led to recommendations for future research in this area.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/BF00754362