Table 6 Means (and SDs) for the attitudes items for each vignette
Item | Depression | Early schizophrenia | Depression with suicidal thoughts | Chronic schizophrenia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 |
People with a problem like John's could snap out of they wanted | 3.49 (1.15) | 3.62 (1.20) | 3.67 (1.26) | 3.99** (1.14) | 3.61 (1.24) | 3.88* (1.12) | 3.76 (1.30) | 3.90 (1.27) |
A problem like John's is a sign of personal weakness | 3.36 (1.25) | 3.59* (1.28) | 3.40 (1.31) | 3.69** (1.26) | 3.33 (1.26) | 3.63** (1.22) | 3.49 (1.33) | 3.77* (1.26) |
A problem like John's is not a real medical illness | 3.61 (1.01) | 3.89** (.97) | 3.87 (1.10) | 4.12* (.97) | 3.83 (1.11) | 3.88 (1.04) | 3.75 (1.27) | 4.15** (1.04) |
People with a problem like John's are dangerous | 3.50 (1.20) | 3.83** (1.02) | 2.98 (1.08) | 3.15 (1.08) | 2.87 (1.24) | 3.29** (1.24) | 2.92 (1.18) | 3.06 (1.24) |
It is best to avoid people with a problem like John's so you don't develop the problem yourself | 4.23 (.95) | 4.24 (.90) | 4.09 (.92) | 4.13 (.88) | 4.01 (.96) | 4.04 (.98) | 4.13 (.90) | 3.95 (.98) |
People with a problem like John's are unpredictable | 2.99 (1.10) | 3.40*** (1.08) | 2.67 (1.05) | 2.93* (1.10) | 2.83 (1.18) | 2.99 (1.20) | 2.70 (1.22) | 2.74 (1.25) |
If I had a problem like John's I would not tell anyone | 3.82 (1.00) | 4.02* (.91) | 3.63 (1.09) | 3.82 (1.06) | 3.61 (1.19) | 3.89* (1.03) | 3.45 (1.21) | 3.76* (1.22) |
I would not employ someone if I knew they had a problem like John's | 3.19 (.98) | 3.30 (.98) | 2.70 (.99) | 2.69 (1.03) | 2.72 (1.08) | 2.81 (1.12) | 2.51 (1.06) | 2.54 (1.78) |
I would not vote for a politician if I knew they had a problem like John's | 2.68 (1.12) | 2.90* (1.15) | 2.30 (.95) | 2.35 (1.03) | 2.53 (1.02) | 2.46 (1.16) | 2.29 (1.08) | 2.33 (1.13) |