A Study on Adolescents’ Prejudice and Discrimination against Depression Based on Conformity Behaviour

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A Study on Adolescents’ Prejudice and Discrimination against Depression Based on Conformity Behaviour

Ruilai Cheng 1*
  • 1 Chongqing DEPU Foreign Language School, No. 16, Ruilong Road, Chongqing, China    
  • *corresponding author chengruilai@163offer.com
Published on 1 March 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2/2022407
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ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-07-2
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Abstract

Teens' perceptions of depression have been shaped negatively by conformity. In order to reduce stigma and other negative perceptions of depression among adolescents, an impact analysis is conducted from the perspective of conformity. This study is aimed to propose ways addressing this problem. A basic definition of conformity and depression is given by summarising research. It then tells the current attitude of young people towards depression, analysing the reasons why teenagers have the attitude by combining these phenomena with conformity. Corresponding advice is given to social departments and adolescents themselves to reduce the negative awareness about depression in teenagers.

Keywords:

depression, conformity, discrimination, Adolescent, prejudice

Cheng,R. (2023). A Study on Adolescents’ Prejudice and Discrimination against Depression Based on Conformity Behaviour. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,2,655-661.
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Cheng,R. (2023). A Study on Adolescents’ Prejudice and Discrimination against Depression Based on Conformity Behaviour. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,2,655-661.

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[16]. Jahoda, M. (1959). Conformity and independence: A psychological analysis. Human Relations, 12(2), 99–120.

[17]. Willis, R. H. (1965). Conformity, independence, and anticonformity. Human Relations, 18(4), 373–388.

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[26]. Brown, B. B., Clasen, D. R., &amp; Eicher, S. A. (1986). Perceptions of peer pressure, peer conformity dispositions, and self-reported behavior among adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 22(4), 521–530.

[27]. Kleinman, A., Good, B. J., & Good, B. (Eds.). (1985). Culture and depression: Studies in the anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry of affect and disorder (Vol. 16). Univ of California Press.

[28]. Sander, J. B., & McCarty, C. A. (2005). Youth depression in the family context: Familial risk factors and models of treatment. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 8(3), 203–219.