Previously submitted to: JMIR Mental Health (no longer under consideration since Jul 06, 2025)
Date Submitted: Jul 4, 2025
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Influence of Mental Health Disorder Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors on Stigma Among South Korean Adults after Simulated Auditory Hallucination Experiences
ABSTRACT
Background:
Auditory hallucinations can be a symptom of mental illness, and in severe cases can interfere with daily life or lead to dangerous behavior.
Objective:
The study aims to identify how knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward mental health disorders affect the stigma toward mental health disorders of South Korean adults who have experienced auditory hallucinations.
Methods:
This study is descriptive research using a self-reporting survey method. The subjects of this study were randomly sampled from 216 adults residing in D city, South Korea. The instruments used in this study were knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and stigma about mental health disorders. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 24.0 program.
Results:
The factors that influenced stigma toward mental health disorders were ‘widow, divorce, etc.’ in marital status (β = 0.169, p = 0.003), and ‘community college graduate’ (β = 0.226, p = 0.001), mental health disorders knowledge (β = -0.435, p = 0.001), and mental health disorders behaviors (β = -0.129, p = 0.021) in educational level. The explanatory power of these variables for mental health disorders stigma was 49.4%.
Conclusions:
We conclude that a social environment should be developed in which patients with mental illness can prioritize and practice its treatment and management. Furthermore, it is believed that it is necessary to develop various programs that can manage and mediate them centered on the community. Clinical Trial: N/A
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