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Vad är det för fel på den där då?: en fokusgruppstudie om studenters attityder till psykisk sjukdom och psykiska funktionshinder
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies.
2011 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Whats´s wrong with that one? : a study about students´ attitudes to mental illness and mental disability (English)
Abstract [sv]

Uppsatsens syfte var att få kunskap och förståelse för vilka attityder högskolestudenter kan ha till psykisk sjukdom och personer med psykiska funktionshinder. De forskningsfrågor som besvarades var: Hur resonerar studenter om psykisk sjukdom och personer med psykiska funktionshinder? Hur i det vardagliga talet reproduceras studenternas attityder till psykisk sjukdom och personer med psykiska funktionshinder? För att besvara forskningsfrågorna genomfördes samtal i fokusgrupper med högskolestudenter från olika utbildningsprogram. Resultatet visade att studenterna hade ambivalenta attityder och att attityderna var situationsbundna. Studenterna associerade psykisk sjukdom som något negativt vilket de relaterade till medias påverkan. Deltagarna ansåg vissa psykiska diagnoser vara könsbundna, exempelvis betraktades depression som en kvinnlig sjukdom medan ADHD sågs som en manlig sjukdom. Studenterna ansåg även vissa diagnoser vara förknippade med ålder.

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study was to increase our knowledge and understanding of students’ attitudes to mental illness and mental disability. The questions of this issue were: What do students think of mental illness and mental disability? How are students´ attitudes reflected in their daily communication? To respond the questions we accomplished two focus groups with college students from different programs. The result showed that students had ambivalent attitudes to mental illness and to mental disability, while the attitudes were factual. The students associated mental illness as something negative which was influenced of media. The group members put mental diagnosis in relation to gender. For example was depression associated as a female disease while ADHD was associated as a male disease. The students related mental diagnosis to age.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011. , p. 42
Keywords [en]
attitudes, mental illness, mental disability, students, treatment
Keywords [sv]
attityder, psykisk sjukdom, psykiskt funktionshinder, studenter, bemötande
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-8333OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-8333DiVA, id: diva2:392302
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Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2011-02-09 Created: 2011-01-26 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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