Replication data for: Menatti, Smyth, Teachman, & Nosek (2012): Reducing Stigma Toward Individuals with Mental Illnesses: A Brief, Online Intervention

Purpose: Our goal was to determine the effectiveness of a brief online intervention designed to reduce stigma-relevant attitudes toward mentally ill individuals. We examined whether the experience of completing a Brief Implicit Association Test (BIAT) measuring attitudes toward people with mental illnesses alters explicit stigma in two studies. Methods: In Study 1, participants completed the BIAT and received feedback about their individual level of implicit bias. Study 2 added a condition in which the BIAT was administered without feedback on performance. Results: Study 1 showed that the intervention was effective in reducing stigma-relevant attitudes toward mentally ill individuals. Study 2 showed that receiving feedback about one’s own implicit bias was not necessary for the intervention to reduce stigma. Conclusion: These studies show that the BIAT intervention may be effective at reducing explicit stigmatizing attitudes toward individuals with mental illnesses, at least in the short-term. Implications: This brief, accessible, and cost-effective stigma reduction strategy may be of use to community organizations whose mission is to address issues surrounding stigmatization in real-world settings.研究目的：本研究旨在评估一款旨在降低对精神疾病患者污名化相关态度的简短线上干预手段的有效性。我们通过两项实验，探究完成用于测量精神疾病患者态度的简短内隐联想测验（Brief Implicit Association Test，BIAT）是否会改变外显污名化态度。 研究方法：在实验1中，参与者完成BIAT并获取其个人内隐偏见水平的反馈。实验2新增了一类实验条件：在该条件下仅施测BIAT，不提供任务表现反馈。 研究结果：实验1证实该干预手段可有效降低对精神疾病患者的污名化相关态度；实验2则表明，获取自身内隐偏见反馈并非该干预手段实现污名降低效果的必要条件。 研究结论：上述两项实验表明，BIAT干预手段可有效降低对精神疾病患者的外显污名化态度，至少在短期内效果显著。 研究启示：这一简短、易于实施且成本低廉的污名化降低策略，可被致力于在真实场景中解决污名化问题的社区组织所采用。