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GENZ AND MILLENNIALS: ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS

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Jasnoor Kaur1*, Dr. Sunita Dhenwal2
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5a.0179

Abstract

This paper explores the attitudes and behaviours of Generation Z and Millennials towards people with mental illness. A convenient sample of 119 people was gathered from Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India with the age range of 11-27 (59.7%) and 28-43 (40.3%). There were 58 males (48.7%) and 61 females (51.3%). The sample constitutes 59 Millennials (49.6%) and 60 GenZ (50.4%) participants from the generation cohort. The tools used in the study to gather adequate data were Community Attitude towards Mental Illness (CAMI) by Taylor & Dear (1981) and Reported and Intended Behaviour (RIBS) by Evans Lacko et al (2011). Statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation and correlation were used to derive a conclusion. The data obtained revealed that GenZ can be seen as having a slightly more kind and inclusive attitude towards people with mental illness rather than Millennials. As for behaviour, they are more likely to interact with people with mental illness than Millennials. A significant positive correlation was found between the intended behaviour of participants and Benevolence (r = .499, p < .01). and Community Mental Health Ideology (r = .642, p < .01) subsets of attitude. Overall, all the hypotheses were accepted.

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