Svetlana Žuchová

Publications (2)2.7 Total impact

• Article: Development of the PICMIN (picture of mental illness in newspapers): instrument to assess mental illness stigma in print media

  Tea Vukušić Rukavina, Alexander Nawka, Ognjen Brborović, Nikolina Jovanović, Martina Rojnić Kuzman, Lucie Nawková, Bibiána Bednárová, Svetlana Žuchová, Marie Hrodková, Zuzana Lattová
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  ABSTRACT: PurposeThe aim of this paper is to report on the development and applicability of a standardised and objective measure of stigma of mental illness in print media. Picture of mental illness in newspapers (PICMIN) instrument consists of eleven descriptive and five analytical categories. It is intended to allow comparison among countries and different studies over time. MethodsThe research team conducted a three-phase study to develop the instrument based on the principles of content analysis and test its inter-coder reliability (ICR). In the first phase, keyword search and ICR assessment was performed on articles from Croatia (75), Czech Republic (203), and Slovakia (172). The second phase consisted of instrument revision and training, along with ICR reassessment on 40 articles from USA and UK. In the third, main phase articles from Croatia (238), Czech Republic (226), and Slovakia (158) were analysed with the final version of the PICMIN instrument. ResultsAcross three countries, ICR was found acceptable to assess mental illness representations related to stigma in print media. Print media representations of the mental illness in Croatia, Czech Republic, and Slovakia significantly differed in the type of media distribution, whether headline of the article was positioned on the media cover, in the use of a sensationalistic style of writing, in the association of aggressive behaviour with persons with mental illness and in the distribution of the global impression of the headline. ConclusionsPICMIN instrument allows comparison among countries and different studies over time. KeywordsInstrument–Mental illness–Stigma–Print media–Content analysis
  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 04/2012; · 2.70 Impact Factor
• Article: Development of the PICMIN (picture of mental illness in newspapers): instrument to assess mental illness stigma in print media

  Tea Rukavina, Alexander Nawka, Ognjen Brborović, Nikolina Jovanović, Martina Kuzman, Lucie Nawková, Bibiána Bednárová, Svetlana Žuchová, Marie Hrodková, Zuzana Lattová
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  ABSTRACT: Purpose The aim of this paper is to report on the development and applicability of a standardised and objective measure of stigma of mental illness in print media. Picture of mental illness in newspapers (PICMIN) instrument consists of eleven descriptive and five analytical categories. It is intended to allow comparison among countries and different studies over time. Methods The research team conducted a three-phase study to develop the instrument based on the principles of content analysis and test its inter-coder reliability (ICR). In the first phase, keyword search and ICR assessment was performed on articles from Croatia (75), Czech Republic (203), and Slovakia (172). The second phase consisted of instrument revision and training, along with ICR reassessment on 40 articles from USA and UK. In the third, main phase articles from Croatia (238), Czech Republic (226), and Slovakia (158) were analysed with the final version of the PICMIN instrument. Results Across three countries, ICR was found accepta
  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.