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2098.125 U. S. Films perpetuate the stigma of mental illness, Wedding Danny, University of
Missouri, Columbia, USA
Movies shape public perceptions of mental illness, people with mental illness, and those
professionals who threat these disorders. Likewise, public attitudes about alcoholism, drug
addiction and developmental disabilities are all profoundly influenced by the portrayal of these
conditions on television and in contemporary cinema. This poster session will review the ways in
which schizophrenia is portrayed in contemporary American movies. Photos from films will be
used to illustrate both accurate and inaccurate presentations of mental illness in movies, and the
poster session will highlight the ways in which films perpetuate the stigma associated with mental
illness and addictions.
2098.126 Perception of a just world and prejudice among men and women of the communitiies-
Hindu, Muslim,Sikh and Christians, Sangeeta Khullar, Sangeeta Bhatnagar, MKP (PG) college,
Dehradun, India
With religious revivalism and communal strife providing a backdrop, this study attempts to assess
Prejudice and Just World perceptions of Male and Female Ss belonging to the 4 major eligiions in
India-Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian. Results of 4*2 ANOVA for Prejudice show a significant
F-ratio for Sex, Religious groups and Interaction. Similar analysis for Just World scores show a
non significant F-ratio for Sex but significant F-atio for Religious groups and Interaction. The
correlation coefficients between Prejudice and Just World perceptions are positive but not
significant.
2098.127 The ambivalent sexism in a Spanish context, Concha Antón, Eugenio Garrido, Pedro
Tomé, Carmen Herrero, University of Salamanca, Spain
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hostile sexism (HS) and benevolent sexism on a
sample of 256 students of Psychology in Spain. 53 men and 203 women completed the
Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996). The confirmatory factorial analysis
confirmed the validity of the factor structure of the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. This results add
to the evidence for the cross-cultural validity of ambivalent sexism.
2098.128 PGDD and collective action – the importance of perceived discrimination on
understanding identity management strategies in dominated group members, Joao António,
Maria Benedicta Monteiro, ISCTE-University of Lisbon, Portugal
In this study, Personal Group Discrimination Discrepancy was included in Social Identity Theory
Model in order to discuss the role of such variable on explaining collective action. In a
correlational study with black adolescents participants, it was found that relations between
perceived discrimination and the other variables in the model were different according to
participant’s nationality (Portuguese vs. other). Only in the case of foreigners it was found that
perceived (group) discrimination contributes as a significant variable on predicting collective
action. It was also found some support, in the case of Portuguese, to the status-legitimacy
hypothesis (Major et al., 2002).
2098.129 Social sanctions, ethnicity and attributions of responsibility, Alexandra Snellman,
Doctoral student, Sweden
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