TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of changing the Japanese term for "schizophrenia" for reasons of stereotypical beliefs of schizophrenia in Japanese youth
AU - Takahashi, Hidehiko
AU - Ideno, Takashi
AU - Okubo, Shigetaka
AU - Matsui, Hiroshi
AU - Takemura, Kazuhisa
AU - Matsuura, Masato
AU - Kato, Motoichiro
AU - Okubo, Yoshiro
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by a Health and Labor Sciences Research Grant for Comprehensive Research on Disability Health and Welfare (H20-SYOGAI-011) from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; the sponsor had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - The old term for schizophrenia, "Seishin-Bunretsu-Byo" (Mind-Split Disease), has been replaced by "Togo-Shitcho-Sho" (Integration Disorder) in Japan. Stigma research requiring individuals to report personal beliefs is useful but is subject to social desirability bias. Using the Implicit Association Test, a measurement designed to minimize this bias, we assessed the impact of this renaming on the stereotype of schizophrenia held by a younger generation. The old term was strongly associated with "criminal", and this association became significantly weaker with the new term. The strategy of renaming holds considerable promise for tempering negative bias toward this disorder in Japan.
AB - The old term for schizophrenia, "Seishin-Bunretsu-Byo" (Mind-Split Disease), has been replaced by "Togo-Shitcho-Sho" (Integration Disorder) in Japan. Stigma research requiring individuals to report personal beliefs is useful but is subject to social desirability bias. Using the Implicit Association Test, a measurement designed to minimize this bias, we assessed the impact of this renaming on the stereotype of schizophrenia held by a younger generation. The old term was strongly associated with "criminal", and this association became significantly weaker with the new term. The strategy of renaming holds considerable promise for tempering negative bias toward this disorder in Japan.
KW - Implicit association test
KW - Renaming
KW - Schizophrenia
KW - Stigma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.schres.2009.03.037
DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2009.03.037
M3 - Article
C2 - 19398303
AN - SCOPUS:67349215106
SN - 0920-9964
VL - 112
SP - 149
EP - 152
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
IS - 1-3
ER -
