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Covarrubias, Irene; Han, Meekyung – Social Work, 2011
In this study, the attitudes toward and beliefs about serious mental illness (SMI) held by a group of graduate social work students in the northwestern United States were examined. Mental health stigma was examined with relation to the following factors: participants' level of social contact with SMI populations, adherence to stereotypes about SMI…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Social Work, Social Bias
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Lyman, Susan B.; Bird, Gloria W. – Social Work, 1996
A comparison of male adolescents in foster care (n=58) with their nonfoster peers indicates that foster youths have lower family self-image and emotional health and higher social self-image. Lower scores on several domains were associated with being younger, being white, lower academic achievement, more foster placements, and staying at current…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Blacks