Bound Volume Number
VI
Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-5-2015
Capstone Advisor
Dr. Leonard Newman
Honors Reader
Dr. Christopher B. Miller
Capstone Major
Psychology
Capstone College
Arts and Science
Audio/Visual Component
no
Keywords
mass shootings, mental illness, stigma
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Abstract
This study focused on the relationship between mass shootings and mental illness stigma. Specifically, this study looks at how learning about mass shootings affects the extent to which people with mental illness are stigmatized. Participants were asked to read a short story and then answer survey questions about their opinions of the mentally ill. The main finding of this study was that participant’s preferred greater social distance from people with mental illness after learning about mass shootings, even when it was not explicitly mentioned that the shooter was a person with mental illness.
Recommended Citation
Korb, Sierra M., "Mass Shootings and Mental Illness Perception" (2015). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 863.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/863
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