**HYPOTHESES**
**H1** Participants that are presented brain images of mental illnesses with descriptions will have reduced stigma.
**H2** Participants that are presented with brain images of mental illnesses with false descriptions not about mental illness will have no change in stigma.
**CODING VARIABLES**
**Group:** Participants will be randomly assigned to either see images with descriptions of mental health (Experimental Group) or images with descriptions not related to mental health (Control Group).
Control Group [0]
Experimental Group [1]
**Pre-test:** Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Mental Illness Questionnaire (Bener & Ghuloum, 2010) will be used to measure existing bias or stigma against mental illnesses.
Average score of 24 items will be computed
**Post-test:** Fear and Behavioral Intentions towards the Mentally Ill questionnaire (FABI)/ Community Attitudes to Mental Illness scale (CAMI) (Iheanacho et al., 2014) will be used to measure change in bias or stigma against mental illnesses.
Average score of 30 items will be computed
**Demographics:**
Gender
Female [1]
Male [2]
Non-binary [3]
Race
Black [1]
White [2]
Asian [3]
Hispanic/Latino [4]
American Indian/Alaskan Native [5]
Religion
Christian [1]
Catholic [2]
Muslim [3]
Jewish [4]
Hindu [5]
Buddhist [6]
Other [7]
Politics
Progressive [1]
Liberal [2]
Moderate [3]
Conservative [4]
Ultranationalist [5]
None [6]
**DATA CLEANING**
Missing data:
Questions have forced response. Participants must complete the study. Incomplete responses will be omitted from analysis.
Straightlining:
Participants that answered all the same for each question will be removed from the study.
