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Public stigma in mental health hinders the recovery of people with severe mental illnesses. In this work, public stigma was explored in 678 students of the University of Seville (76.8 % women) from the faculties of psychology (44.54 %), communication (21.53 %), education (21.97 %) and technical faculties (11.95 %) at two points in time: academic year 2014-2015 and 2020-2021. For this purpose, the Spanish adaptation of the Attributional Questionnaire (AQ27) in its abbreviated version (AQ14), with adequate convergent validity and reliability, the Levels of Familiarity scale (LOF) and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used. Public stigma was present, with significant differences according to faculty (p = 0.003): higher in technical (M = 3.81; SD = 1.18) and education (M = 3.4; SD = 1.15) faculties. In the 2020-2021 academic year it decreased in the faculty of education (p < 0.001); in psychology and communication it remained stable (p = 0.912 and p = 0.331). The decrease in high levels of stigma in 2019-2020 compared to 2014-2015 due to anti-stigma interventions in recent years was discussed and it was proposed to develop other interventions sensitive to lower levels of stigma.
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