Considerations about the assessment of stigma towards persons with schizophrenia: The question of gender

Abstract

This letter points up the role of gender on the measure of the social distance toward schizophrenia in university students. We discuss what implies a preference for greater social distance towards the person in the vignette if identified as a male. A male with schizophrenia may suffer more stigma than a woman and therefore the assessment of stigma should take this into account.

Keywords: Gender; Schizophrenia; Social distance; Stigma; Students.