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This research was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health grant number 5 T32 MH13043. The authors would like to thank Serena Deutsch, Maureen Ellis, Mary Clare Lennon, Frances Palamara, and Patrick Shrout for their comments on earlier versions of this paper and Amely Adler for her preparation of the manuscript. E. Perry Link, Jr., deserves a special note of thanks for having initially suggested the attitude levels conceptualization.
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Link, B.G., Cullen, F.T. Reconsidering the social rejection of ex-mental patients: Levels of attitudinal response. Am J Commun Psychol 11, 261–273 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00893367
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