Implicit and Explicit Mental Illness Stigma in Psychotherapists, Students, and Laypersons

A study dataset from 190 participants measuring implicit and explicit mental illness stigma. The data includes results from a Single Category Implicit Association Task and established self-report surveys for explicit stigma and social desirability. Elena Stoll authored the dataset, last updated on 2026-03 18.

Use Cases

• Compare explicit stigma levels between professional groups based on self-report survey data.
• Analyze the relationship between implicit stigma and social desirability based on the measured connection.
• Test the Dual Attitude Model using the discrepancy between explicit and implicit stigma scores.
• Benchmark stigma levels in psychotherapists against psychology students and laypersons.

Strengths

• Includes data from 190 participants (108 laypersons, 82 psychology students and psychotherapists).
• Measures both implicit stigma via a Single Category IAT and explicit stigma via established surveys.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small at 24.3 KB, indicating limited scope and sample size.
• Data may reflect geographic or cultural bias inherent to the sample source.

Provenance

Source

Elena Stoll via figshare

Collection Method

Data gathered via a Single Category Implicit Association Task and established self-report surveys administered to participant groups.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:45:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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