USPOREDBA STIGME PREMA DEPRESIVNIM OSOBAMA I VLASTITOJ DEPRESIJI KOD STUDENATA POMAGAČKIH I NEPOMAGAČKIH STRUKA

• Published in: Annual of Social Work
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Croatian
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: stigmatizacija; depresija; studenti pomagačkih i nepomagačkih struka; stigmatization; depression; students of helping and non-helping professions; sami
• Online Access: https://hrcak.srce.hr/256498; https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/372789

Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati razlike u stavovima prema depresivnim osobama i stupnju stigme prema vlastitoj depresiji kod studenata zdravstvenih (sestrinstvo i medicina; N = 101) i nezdravstvenih (socijalni rad i psihologija; N = 98) pomagačkih te nepomagačkih struka (razredna nastava, logopedija i socijalna pedagogija; N = 109). Analizom kovarijance, utvrđeno je da su unatoč rjeđem stvarnom kontaktu s depresivnim osobama i manjem broju kolegija na kojima su educirani o depresiji tijekom studija studenti socijalnog rada i psihologije imali pozitivnije stavove prema depresivnim osobama od studenata medicine i sestrinstva. Osim toga, bili su bolji i u prepoznavanju simptoma depresije. Suprotno tome, tri se skupine nisu razlikovale na mjeri percipirane stigme, koja je u odnosu na osobnu stigmu bila izraženija. Također, studenti nezdravstvenih pomagačkih struka iskazivali su izraženiju stigmu prema vlastitoj depresiji od studenata zdravstvenih pomagačkih struka. Pri tome su studenti psihologije i socijalnog rada, u usporedbi sa studentima medicine i sestrinstva, iskazivali veći stupanj srama pri pomisli da sami boluju od depresije, kao i izraženije vjerovanja da, ukoliko bi osobno bolovali od depresije, ne bi mogli pozitivno pridonijeti društvu. The aim of the research was to examine the differences in the attitudes towards depressive persons and the levels of self-stigma in the students of medical (nursing and medicine; N=101) and non-medical (social work and psychology; N=98) helping professions and the students of non-helping professions (education, speech pathology and social pedagogy; N=109). The covariance analysis determined that, in spite of rarer actual contact with depressive persons and a smaller number of courses teaching them about depression during the course of study, the students of social work and psychology had more positive attitudes towards depressive persons than the students of medicine and nursing. Apart from that, they were better in recognizing the symptoms of depression. Contrary to that, three groups did not differ with regard to perceived stigma, which was more expressed in comparison with the self-stigma. Additionally, the students of non-medical helping professions showed a more pronounced self-stigma than the students of medical helping professions. The students of psychology and social work, in comparison with the students of medicine and nursing, expressed a higher level of shame at the thought of suffering from depression, as well as the more expressed belief that they could not make a positive contribution to society if they suffered from depression.