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Labelling effects and adolescent responses to peers with depression: an experimental investigation

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Dolphin, Louise, Hennessy, Eilis·2017·BMC Psychiatry
DOI 10.1186/s12888-017-1389-9PMC PMC5483288
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BACKGROUND: The impact of illness labels on the stigma experiences of individuals with mental health problems is a matter of ongoing debate. Some argue that labels have a negative influence on judgments and should be avoided in favour of information emphasising the existence of a continuum of mental health/illness. Others believe that behavioral symptoms are more powerful influencers of stigma than labels. The phenomenon has received little attention in adolescent research, despite the critical importance of the peer group at this developmental stage. This study employs a novel experimental design to examine the impact of the depression label and continuum information on adolescents' responses to peers with depression. METHODS: Participants were 156 adolescents, 76 male, 80 female (M = 16.25 years; SD = .361), assigned to one of three conditions (Control, Label, Continuum). Participants respond to four audio-visual vignette characters (two clinically depressed) on three occasions. Outcome measures included judgment of the mental health of the vignette characters and emotional responses to them. RESULTS: Neither the provision of a depression label or continuum information influenced perceptions of the mental health of the characters in the audio-visual vignettes or participants' emotional responses to them. CONCLUSION: The findings have implications for the design of interventions to combat depression stigma with adolescents. Interventions should not necessarily target perceptions of psychiatric labels, but rather perceptions of symptomatic behaviour.

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  • Low academic achievement can lead to negative perceptions and stigma from peers and adults, damaging social status.

    “Low academic achievement can lead to negative perceptions and stigma, both from peers and adults. Adolescents who struggle academically may be labeled as “not smart enough” or “lazy”, which can damage their social status among peers.79”

    From A Longitudinal Study of Loneliness Before the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trajectories, Predictors, and Impact on Chinese Adolescent Mental Health (2024) · cites this paper as [79]

    The Background and Discussion > Limitations discuss stigma associated with depression labels and symptoms, not low academic achievement. Searches for academic performance, the labels “not smart enough” and “lazy,” and effects on social status found no passage addressing the attributed claim. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. Shaughnessy J, Zechmeister E, Zechmeister J, editors. Research methods in psychology (8th ed.), in quantitative and qualitative research methods in psychology (2nd ed.). Dublin: McGraw Hill Custom Publishing; 2008.

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Authors
Dolphin, L., & Hennessy, E.
Affiliations
University College Dublin (IE)
Corresponding author
Hennessy, Eilis
ORCID
Venue
BMC Psychiatry
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-06-24
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
228-228
ISSN
1471-244X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s12888-017-1389-9
PMC
PMC5483288
OpenAlex
W2643752162
Cited by
26
References
42
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
FWCI
1.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • BMC Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library) (acceptedVersion)
  • Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/M002063/1, ES/M002063/2)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
Keywords
depression stigma, mental health continuum, adolescents, peer feedback, perceived mental health, emotional responses, stigma reduction interventions
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Peer Group, Stereotyping, Social Stigma

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