Scale | Gender | Residence | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Female mean + SD | Male mean + SD | Countryside mean + SD | City mean + SD | |
social distance | ||||
I will be more comfortable helping a person with a physical illness over a patient with a mental illness | 3.31(1.140) | 3.27(1.209) | 3.26(1.183) | 3.30(1.173) |
If a co-worker tells me that he suffers from a controlled mental illness, I would like to work with him | 2.40(0.822) | 2.48(0.868) | 2.53(0.924) | 2.42(0.820) |
The best treatment for mental illness is medication | 2.54(0.988) | 2.66(1.127) | 2.40(1.026)* | 2.66(1.065)* |
I do not prefer for any mentally ill person to work with children even if their illness is under control | 3.20(1.219) | 3.46(1.198) | 3.41(1.256) | 3.31(1.202) |
I wouldn't mind living next to a mentally ill person | 2.58(0.978) | 2.37(0.908) | 2.33(0.984) | 2.51(0.934) |
other concepts | ||||
If a psychiatric patient complains of physical symptoms < such as nausea, backache and headache > I will link the cause to his mental illness | 3.16(0.974) | 3.23(0.974) | 3.30(0.970) | 3.16(0.974) |
Psychiatric patients rarely pose a danger to the public | 3.02(1.031) | 2.87(1.001) | 3.01(1.080) | 2.93(0.999) |
detection | ||||
If I am under treatment for a mental illness, I will not tell my colleagues about it | 3.24(1.097) | 3.23(1.163) | 3.06(1.160) | 3.29(1.116) |
I will be more likely to seek help in a mental illness if my healthcare provider is not associated with my workplace | 3.77(0.910) | 3.78(0.928) | 3.72(0.881) | 3.79(0.930) |
I will consider myself weak if I suffer from a mental illness and cannot treat it on my own | 2.44(1.088) | 2.45(1.114) | 2.31(1.065) | 2.49(1.108) |
I will not hesitate to seek help if I have a mental illness | 4.18(0.779) | 4.07(0.887) | 4.06(0.774) | 4.15(0.854) |
If I had a mental illness, I would tell my friends | 2.82(1.019) | 2.77(1.015) | 2.78(1.023) | 2.80(1.016) |
recovery | ||||
Employers should hire someone with a controlled mental illness if it is best for the job | 2.53(1.054) | 2.50(1.112) | 2.76(1.151)* | 2.44(1.050)* |
I will keep seeing the doctor even if I know that he has been treated for a mental illness | 2.28(0.865) | 2.32(0.916) | 2.50(0.925)* | 2.24(0.872)* |
More than half of psychopaths are not seriously trying to get better | 3.51(0.958) | 3.58(0.85) | 3.73(0.830)* | 3.49(1.005)* |
social responsibility | ||||
It is the responsibility of health care providers to instill hope in mental patients | 1.74(0.834) | 1.76(0.846) | 1.17(0.892) | 1.76(0.823) |
Despite my professional beliefs I have negative reactions to mental patients | 2.22(0.891)* | 2.23(1.055)* | 2.20(1.057) | 2.23(0.951) |
I can help psychopaths a little | 3.89(0.827) | 3.94(0.784) | 3.97(0.826) | 3.90(0.799) |
Healthcare providers do not need to be advocates for mental patients | 2.44(0.924) | 2.55(1.024) | 2.42(0.921) | 2.51(0.993) |
I struggle to feel compassion for psychopaths] | 3.22(1.170) | 3.06(1.145) | 2.85(1.148)* | 3.22(1.150)* |
overall | 25.97(1.674) | 26.25(1.814) | 26.22(1.618) | 26.08(1.788) |