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Table 3 ANCOVA and paired comparison of factor score across the four groups

From: Attitudes towards people with mental illness among psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, involved family members and the general population in a large city in Guangzhou, China

Factors

Means (SD) of factor scores

P-value

Paired comparison

 

Physician (Group1)

Nurses (Group2)

Family members (Group3)

General public (Group4)

 

Community attitude and biopsychosocial causation

0.88(0.37)

0.86(0.39)

-0.46(0.74)

-1.08(0.41)

<0.001**

Group: 1, 2 > 3 > 4

Socializing

0.52(0.32)

0.26(0.70)

-0.97(1.18)

0.12(0.93)

<0.001**

Group:1, 2, 4 > 3

Specific interaction

0.16(0.99)

0.01(0.98)

-0.01(1.09)

-0.09(0.96)

0.964

 

Disbelief in witchcraft

0.27(0.95)

0.11(0.91)

-0.17(1.05)

-0.15(1.04)

0.079

 
  1. **P < 0.01.