Table 5.

Percentages of respondents rating likely causes for the disorder described in the vignette.

	Depression Vignette					Schizophrenia Vignette
Age	18–24 n = 96	25–39 n = 293	40–54 n = 250	55–69 n = 213	70+ n = 149	18–24 n = 102	25–39 n = 246	40–54 n = 296	55–69 n = 215	70+ n = 138
Virus or infection	45.1	50.9	50.0	52.0	58.8	37.5	31.8	34.0	31.5	38.8
Allergy	40.6	45.6	43.8	49.4	55.5	24.0	34.1	33.5	35.5	37.1
Day-to-day problems	97.9	97.7	96.8	97.0	96.8	97.4	88.0	91.4	88.0	87.6
Recent death of close friend/relative	97.7	97.1	97.0	96.2	91.8	95.0	88.3	88.6	85.4	80.9
Recent trauma	89.5	93.5	96.7	95.6	93.1	90.6	85.8	88.9	87.3	81.3
Childhood problems	93.9	93.1	92.7	92.5	87.6	97.1	92.6	90.5	91.0	85.6
Genetic	60.1	75.0	69.7	68.3	71.8	68.8	73.9	77.2	68.5	74.6
Nervousness	63.6	68.4	68.8	71.6	71.1	58.9	60.1	59.9	59.7	66.0
Weakness of character	42.2	41.7	42.9	42.4	57.4	44.9	37.9	38.4	35.1	57.5

Note: Bolded results indicate a significant difference between age groups (p < .001) with a minimum effect size of Cohen's h = .50. Italicised results indicate a significant difference between age groups (p < .001), but without a minimum effect size of .50.