caa a22 4500 44584888X CHVBK 20180317145407.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-010-9325-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-010-9325-1 Factors Associated with Attributions About Child Health Conditions and Social Distance Preference [Elektronische Daten] [Abraham Mukolo, Craig Heflinger] In order to better understand factors that account for the emergence and persistence of negative attitudes towards mental health problems, attributions about and stigma towards children's mental and physical illnesses were examined using National Stigma Study—Children data. Parent blame attributions were most strongly associated with attention deficit disorder, environmental causes with depression, and biology with asthma. Parent blame was more frequent for mental than physical health conditions. Child blame was associated with higher preferred social distance from the child, but no clear links were observed between social distance and attributions about genetic/biology, environment, or parent blame. Rurality was not significantly associated with attributions or social distance preference. Higher educational achievement was associated with increased endorsement of environmental stress factors and reduced odds of child blaming. The general public holds complex explanatory models of and nuanced responses to children's mental disorders that need further investigation, including effects on parents' and children's help-seeking. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Attributions nationallicence Child mental health nationallicence Stigma nationallicence Race nationallicence Rurality nationallicence Mukolo Abraham Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Box 90 Peabody, 37203, Nashville, TN, USA aut Heflinger Craig Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Box 90 Peabody, 37203, Nashville, TN, USA aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2011-06-01), 286-299 0010-3853 47:3<286 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9325-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9325-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mukolo Abraham Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Box 90 Peabody, 37203, Nashville, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heflinger Craig Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Box 90 Peabody, 37203, Nashville, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2011-06-01), 286-299 0010-3853 47:3<286 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer