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The Relationships Among Moral Judgement, Social Identification, And Stigmitization, Rebecca Isaacs
The Relationships Among Moral Judgement, Social Identification, And Stigmitization, Rebecca Isaacs
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Stigma has had a perceived link with the concept of morality since the Grecian era (Goffman, 1963). The purpose of this study was to see if there was a correlation between moral judgement (using the Defining Issues Test 2; DIT2), social identification (using the Identification with all Humanity Scale; IWAHS) and stigma attributions toward those with mental illness. Specifically, whether those with a heightened sense of identification with all humanity and more developed moral judgement schemas are less likely to make negative stigma attributions toward persons with mental illness. The results this study supported correlations between those variables and the …