Social distance of nursing and social welfare university students to persons with mental disorders and its' relations with contact experience

摘要

The study aims to clarify social distance of nursing and social welfare university students to persons with mental disorders and its' relations with contact experience and to obtain implications of support for community life of persons with mental disorders. The data of 664 university students in Japan were used for analysis in this survey. The analysis showed a shorter social distance in women than in men. The social distance was larger for students of nursing and social welfare major to persons with schizophrenia than students of the other majors. Social distance was found to vary depending on the contact experience.