Abstract

Background: People suffering from mental disorders are affected by public stigma in many areas of daily life, including mental health services. Stigma among mental health professionals needs to be addressed.

Aims: This study explores the path leading to attitudes toward seclusion and restraint practices among future mental health professionals, considering the complex interplay among demographic variables, personality, stigma, and experience in psychiatric services.

Method: Network analysis and Structural Equation Modeling were used to explore 1512 Psychology students. The survey instrument included a form for demographic and academic variables, the Attribution Questionnaire-9, the Ten Items Personality Inventory, and few questions exploring attitudes toward open-door and restraint-free policies in Psychiatry.

Results: The personality trait of Openness and previous experience with psychiatric patients resulted to play a positive effect on stigma. Openness was also associated with a better disposition towards restraint-free policies. Conversely, higher levels of stigma predicted a negative attitude toward no restraint, decreasing the positive effect of Openness.

Conclusions: In conclusion, some personality traits may be associated with lower levels of stigma and a more open view about treatment policies in Psychiatry. Direct educational or professional experience with patients suffering from mental disorders may be a crucial factor in reducing the risk of stigmatizing attitudes in future professionals.

摘要

背景：精神障碍患者在日常生活的许多领域都受到公众污名的影响，包括精神卫生服务。需要解决精神卫生专业人员之间的污名化问题。

目的：本研究探讨了导致未来心理健康专业人员对隔离和克制实践态度的路径，考虑到人口统计学变量、个性、耻辱感和精神科服务经验之间的复杂相互作用。

方法：采用网络分析和结构方程模型对1512名心理学专业学生进行调查。调查工具包括人口统计和学术变量表格、归因问卷 9、十项人格量表，以及探索对精神病学中开放和无约束政策的态度的几个问题。

结果：开放的人格特质和与精神病患者的过往经历对污名产生积极影响。开放性也与更好地制定无限制政策有关。相反，较高程度的污名预示着对无拘无束的消极态度，从而降低了开放的积极影响。

结论：总之，一些人格特征可能与较低水平的耻辱感和对精神病学治疗政策的更开放看法有关。对患有精神障碍的患者的直接教育或专业经验可能是降低未来专业人员污名化态度风险的关键因素。