Association of Viewing the Films Joker or Terminator: Dark Fate With Prejudice Toward Individuals With Mental Illness

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e203423. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3423.

Authors

Damian Scarf¹, Hannah Zimmerman¹, Taylor Winter², Hannah Boden¹, Sarah Graham¹, Benjamin C Riordan³, John A Hunter¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
² Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
³ Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Abstract

This survey study assesses the association of viewing the film Joker with level of prejudice toward individuals with mental illness.

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / psychology*
Motion Pictures*
Prejudice / psychology*
Prejudice / statistics & numerical data*
Social Stigma
Violence
Young Adult