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Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Martin Gipson
First Committee Member
Gary Howells
Second Committee Member
Keven Schock
Abstract
While research has been conducted concerning the general public's attitudes toward mental illness, no work has been done specifically with the business community. I tested an intervention designed to increase the likelihood of the hiring of the mentally ill by San Joaquin Valley business community members. A pretest-posttest-control group design was used in which the treatment group received a presentation based on Rokeach's Value Self-Confrontation method. As hypothesized, the treatment group changed its values toward greater acceptance of mental illness. However, results of a test designed to measure likelihood of hiring the mentally ill revealed that the treatment group felt no differently about hiring persons with a mental illness than they did before the intervention. In addition, these results did not differ significantly from those of a control group that was not exposed to the self-confrontation method.
Pages
69
ISBN
9780591727463 , 0591727463
Recommended Citation
Mayville, Erik Andrew. (1997). The utilization of value self-confrontation in increasing employment opportunities for the mentally ill. University of the Pacific, Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2702
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