Table 1.
Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 | ||||
Item# | C1 | C2 | C1 | C2 | C1 | C2 |
14. Most people believe that it is best to avoid people with depression so that you don't become depressed yourself | 0.71 | 0.05 | 0.66 | 0.10 | 0.59 | 0.07 |
11. Most people believe that depression is a sign of personal weakness | 0.71 | 0.04 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.74 | 0.06 |
13. Most people believe that people with depression are dangerous | 0.70 | 0.06 | 0.66 | 0.16 | 0.63 | 0.06 |
15. Most people believe that people with depression are unpredictable. | 0.66 | 0.03 | 0.62 | 0.11 | 0.55 | 0.01 |
12. Most people believe that depression is not a real medical illness | 0.65 | -0.07 | 0.69 | -0.09 | 0.76 | -0.07 |
10. Most people believe that people with depression could snap out of it if they wanted | 0.61 | 0.04 | 0.66 | -0.02 | 0.72 | -0.04 |
17. Most people would not employ someone they knew had been depressed | 0.57 | 0.13 | 0.64 | 0.12 | 0.65 | 0.20 |
16. Most people would not tell anyone if they had depression | 0.56 | -0.13 | 0.47 | -0.08 | 0.49 | -0.07 |
18. Most people would not vote for a politician they knew had been depressed | 0.52 | 0.22 | 0.59 | 0.14 | 0.61 | 0.18 |
2 Depression is a sign of personal weakness | -0.06 | 0.75 | -0.08 | 0.72 | -0.07 | 0.63 |
9 I would not vote for a politician if I knew they had been depressed | 0.08 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.69 | 0.15 | 0.71 |
1. People with depression could snap out of it if they wanted | -0.14 | 0.67 | -0.15 | 0.68 | -0.17 | 0.59 |
3. Depression is not a real medical illness | -0.06 | 0.75 | -0.13 | 0.67 | -0.09 | 0.65 |
5. It is best to avoid people with depression so that you don't become depressed yourself | -0.03 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.63 | 0.03 | 0.60 |
8. I would not employ someone if I knew they had been depressed | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.08 | 0.70 | 0.09 | 0.74 |
4. People with depression are dangerous | 0.20 | 0.53 | 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.56 |
7. If I had a problem like John's I would not tell anyone | 0.15 | 0.39 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.16 | 0.40 |
6. People with depression are unpredictable | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 0.37 |
Loadings marked in bold exceed the 0.32 threshold
#Item wording for the survey used for Samples 2 & 3 are shown. The wording of the survey used for Sample 1 referred to 'a problem like John's/Mary's'. For example, "If I had a problem like John's I would not tell anyone".