The recognition of mental health disorders and its association with psychiatric scepticism,knowledge of psychiatry,and the Big Five personality factors: an investigation using the overclaiming technique |
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| Authors: | Viren Swami Raj Persaud Adrian Furnham |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW, UK;(2) Department of Psychology, HELP University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;(3) Consultant Psychiatrist, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust, Leatherhead, UK;(4) Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined the general public’s ability to recognise mental health disorders and this ability’s association
with psychiatric scepticism, knowledge of psychiatry, and the Big Five personality factors. A total of 477 members of the
British general public completed an overclaiming scale, in which they were asked to rate the degree to which they believed
20 mental health disorders (of which five were foils designed to resemble real disorders) were real or fake. Participants
also completed a novel scale measuring psychiatric scepticism, a single-item measure of knowledge of psychiatry, and a measure
of the Big Five personality factors. Results showed that participants were significantly more likely to rate foils as fake
disorders than real disorders. In addition, the difference between real and foil ratings was significantly predicted by knowledge
of psychiatry, psychiatric scepticism, and the Big Five personality factors of agreeableness and openness to experience. These
results are discussed in relation to the overclaiming technique as a novel method to study mental health literacy. |
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