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To investigate the association between ethnicity and stigmatizing attitudes toward individuals with mental illness in Aotearoa New Zealand.

August 14, 2026Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences OnlineOpen Access

Ethnicity and Mental Illness Stigma in Aotearoa New Zealand

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IJIssac JamiesonUniversity of Otago TWTaylor WinterUniversity of Canterbury RFRiriwai FoxUniversity of Waikato

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals differing mental illness stigma across ethnic groups, indicating that non-Western backgrounds are not universally linked to higher stigma.

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To investigate the association between ethnicity and stigmatizing attitudes toward individuals with mental illness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Analyzed national survey data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS).
Employed linear mixed-effects models to evaluate warmth ratings toward people with mental illness across ethnic groups while controlling for demographic covariates.
Stigmatizing attitudes were significantly higher (lower warmth ratings) among Asian and European respondents.
Māori and Pacific respondents exhibited lower levels of stigma, challenging the premise that non-Western ethnicities ubiquitously hold greater mental illness stigma.

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Jamieson et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec78db70b84ec8b913f73 https://doi.org/10.1002/kot2.70045

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals differing mental illness stigma across ethnic groups, indicating that non-Western backgrounds are not universally linked to higher stigma.

Ethnicity and Mental Illness Stigma in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Ethnicity and Mental Illness Stigma in Aotearoa New Zealand

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