Table 6 Means (and SDs) for the attitudes items for each vignette
| Item | Depression | Early schizophrenia | Depression with suicidal thoughts | Chronic schizophrenia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |