They generally perceived that involuntary commitment conferred more "coercive feeling" than voluntary admission.
Such "coercive feeling" originated from external pressure by police, medical staff, family members or any significant others, in the form of attitude, use of language, gesture or physical force.
Researches on coercion in psychiatric admission have reported that involuntary admission conferred more coercive feelings [ 2- 4, 20].
It does look coercive to me".
This index was computed by counting the number of stigma responses each person gave to the items concerning negative/affective feelings, avoidant behavioural intentions, coercive or punitive policies (i.e. quarantine, public disclosure and labelling), attribution of responsibility and blame.
They feel impersonal and coercive," Mateen says.
Consistent with attribution theory, mediated pathways between attributions and intentions were identified: broadly, viewing the voice-hearer's behavior as dangerous, within their personal responsibility, and global was associated with more coercive intentions – and these were mediated by feelings of fear, anger, and pity.
They go on to suggest that this form of parental control is different from the second form of parental control that "…refer[s] to a controlling, pressuring or coercive parenting environment that controls children's feelings, thinking, and behaving" [ 69, p. 86], in other words, parental psychological control.
Positive experiences of communication led to a person feeling supported and cared for, however, coercive communication, such as the use of threats, was experienced entirely negatively.
In any case, a relative's fatal illness itself can be coercive, evoking a powerful sense of obligation and the feeling that to say no is to let the patient die without trying to help.
Yet the increasingly public nature of their recent coercive moves point to a government that may be feeling less in control, not more adept -- not quite fitting with the picture of leaders confident in their power and political vision that Gardels and others paint.
