“We Consider Him as a Menace to Our Family”: Extended Family Variances in Attitudes Towards People with Schizophrenia

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10.2991/assehr.k.210423.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

attitude, extended family, schizophrenia

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a psychotic mental disorder that causes psychiatric symptoms, such as confusion in thinking, emotions, perceptions, and deviant behaviour. The prevalence of schizophrenia/ psychosis in Indonesia was 6.7 per 1000 households. The highest prevalence distribution was in Bali and Yogyakarta province, with 11.1 and 10.4 out of 1,000 households having members who suffered from schizophrenia/ psychosis, respectively. A positive attitude from Orang dengan Schizophrenia (ODS) or people with schizophrenia’s family are able to reduce the impact of schizophrenia and directly strengthen their mental health. But most people in Indonesia who are having schizophrenia as their family member usually choose to hide, isolate and treat them inhumanely. This study aims to determine extended family variances in attitudes towards people with schizophrenia living together and living in different homes. The method used in this study was a qualitative phenomenological approach. The participants were five people from ODS’ extended family living in Bali. This study applied semi-structured interviews and observations in data collection. The data was analysed using theoretical coding. The result showed that the extended family variances in attitudes towards family members with schizophrenia’s living together and living in different houses was examined in aspects, 1) perception, 2) feeling and 3) behaviour. In fact, the extended family’s attitude towards their family member with schizophrenia who lived in the same home tended to be more positive than those who lived in different homes. The overall result would be discussed later.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ni Luh Kade Nadia Rastafary
AU  - Marselius Sampe Tondok
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/24
TI  - “We Consider Him as a Menace to Our Family”: Extended Family Variances in Attitudes Towards People with Schizophrenia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Psychological Studies (ICPSYCHE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 244
EP  - 249
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210423.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.035
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