RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS
Figure 1 summarizes the literature on mental heal thstigma by connecting signaling events, behavioral responses, and stereotypic mediators. Figure 2 parallels this path and summarizes the research on attribution theory. It specifies signaling events, mediating attributions,affective responses, and behavioral reactions. Although the two models are similar in form, they differ in terms of specific elements. Reconciliation of these differences yields an agenda for research on attribution theory as applied to the stigma of mental illness. I review specific directions in this agenda as they appear sequentially in the paths of Figures 1 and 2: signaling events, mediating stereotypes and attributions, and emotional and behavioral reactions