Table 1.
Percentage of Australian and Japanese respondents who 'agree' or 'strongly agree' with each statement from the Personal stigma scale†
| Statement | Depression Vignette | Depression/Suicidal Vignette | Early Schizophrenia Vignette | Chronic Schizophrenia Vignette |
| Person could snap out of the problem | ||||
| Australian | 24.7 (21.7%–27.9%) | 22.7 (19.9%–25.7%) | 18.3 (15.6%–21.3%) | 17.9 (15.0%–21.2%) |
| Japanese | 47.2 * d (42.8%–51.6%) | 49.4 * d (45.0%–53.8%) | 41.2* (36.9%–45.5%) | 36.4 * a,b (32.2%–40.6%) |
| Problem is a sign of personal weakness | ||||
| Australian | 13.4 (11.0%–16.2%) | 16.9 (14.4%–19.6%) | 19.3 (16.6%–22.4%) | 14.0 (11.7%–16.7%) |
| Japanese | 45.4* (41.0%–49.8%) | 45.0* (40.6%–49.4%) | 46.6* (42.2%–51.0%) | 46.0* (41.6%–50.4%) |
| Problem is not a real medical illness | ||||
| Australian | 14.6 (12.3%–17.1%) | 15.2 (13.0%–17.8%) | 14.9 (12.7%–17.4%) | 13.9 (11.7%–16.6%) |
| Japanese | 40.2* (35.9%–44.5%) | 38.4* (34.1%–42.7%) | 31.4* (27.3%–35.5%) | 35.8* (31.6%–40.0%) |
| People with this problem are dangerous | ||||
| Australian | 11.9 c,d (9.8%–14.3%) | 18.3 c (15.7%–21.2%) | 24.9 a,b (22.2%–27.8%) | 22.5 a (19.6%–25.7%) |
| Japanese | 14.6 d (11.5%–17.7%) | 16.0 d (12.8%–19.2%) | 20.4 d (16.9%–23.9%) | 37.6 * a,b,c (33.3%–41.9%) |
| Avoid people with this problem | ||||
| Australian | 6.9 (5.3%–9.0%) | 4.7 (3.5%–6.4%) | 4.9 (3.6%–6.6%) | 5.2 (3.9%–7.0%) |
| Japanese | 7.8 d (5.4%–10.2%) | 5.8 c,d (3.7%–7.9%) | 11.8 *,b (9.0%–14.6%) | 17.8 * a,b (14.4%–21.2%) |
| People with this problem are unpredictable | ||||
| Australian | 42.2 c,d (38.8%–45.6%) | 51.1 c,d (47.6%–54.5%) | 67.1 a,b (63.9%–70.1%) | 67.5 a,b (64.1%–70.7%) |
| Japanese | 18.6 * c,d (15.2%–22.0%) | 20.0 * c,d (16.5%–23.5%) | 31.0 * a,b,d (26.9%–35.1%) | 45.6 * a,b,c (41.2%–50.0%) |
| If I had this problem I wouldn't tell anyone | ||||
| Australian | 17.0 c,d (14.5%–19.9%) | 21.5 d (18.8%–24.3%) | 26.7 a (23.8%–29.8%) | 31.1 a,b (28.1%–34.3%) |
| Japanese | 26.8 * d (22.9%–30.7%) | 24.8 c,d (21.0%–28.6%) | 35.0 b (30.8%–39.2%) | 37.2 a,b (32.9%–41.5%) |
| I would not employ someone with this problem | ||||
| Australian | 21.6 d (19.2%–24.3%) | 22.5 d (19.8%–25.4%) | 24.8 (22.0%–27.9%) | 32.4 a,b (29.2%–35.8%) |
| Japanese | 38.6 * d (34.3%–42.9%) | 38.6 * d (34.3%–42.9%) | 47.6 * d (43.2%–52.0%) | 61.2 * a,b,c (56.9%–65.5%) |
| I would not vote for a politician with this problem | ||||
| Australian | 30.1 d (26.9%–33.4%) | 32.5 d (29.4%–35.8%) | 35.3 d (32.2%–38.5%) | 45.7 a,b,c (42.5%–49.0%) |
| Japanese | 58.0 * d (53.7%–62.3%) | 53.8 * d (49.4%–58.2%) | 58.0 * d (53.7%–62.3%) | 73.8 * a,b,c (69.9%–77.7%) |
†symbols flagging table entries denote a small (Cohen's h ≥ 0.2) to moderate (Cohen's h ≥ 0.5) effect size relative to a depression; bdepression with suicidal ideation; cearly schizophrenia; dchronic schizophrenia; *Australian prevalence
Unbolded symbols indicate a small effect size. Bolded symbols denote a moderate effect size.