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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Community Ment Health J. 2009 Jun 20;46(1):56. doi: 10.1007/s10597-009-9209-4

Table 1. Mean (standard deviation) stigma domain scores by demographic and clinical characteristics (n=98).

Stigma Domains

Personal Experience
(range 1-2)
Attractiveness
(range 1-3)
Relationship
(range 1-3)

N (%)a Mean (sd) Mean (sd) Mean (sd)
All 98 (100) 1.62 0.31 1.69 0.63 2.23 0.60
Gender
 Male 48 (49.0) 1.60 0.28 1.83 b 0.67 2.31 0.54
 Female 50 (51.0) 1.64 0.33 1.57 b 0.56 2.16 0.66
Age
18-35 years 32 (32.7) 1.57 0.32 1.66 0.66 2.20 0.70
36-46 years 34 (34.7) 1.63 0.29 1.63 0.56 2.23 0.57
47-70 years 32 (32.7) 1.65 0.31 1.80 0.67 2.28 0.55
Race/ethnicity
 Black 16 (16.3) 1.68 0.27 1.95 0.74 2.42 0.61
 White 45 (45.9) 1.64 0.30 1.71 0.69 2.20 0.59
 Multi-racial 37 (37.8) 1.56 0.33 1.57 0.46 2.20 0.62
Diagnosis
 Schizophrenia 49 (50.0) 1.57 0.32 1.83 0.64 2.25 0.61
 Bipolar Disorder 27 (27.6) 1.65 0.30 1.54 0.59 2.20 0.67
 MDD w/psychotic features 10 (10.2) 1.65 0.33 1.68 0.51 2.20 0.53
 Other Psychotic Disorders 12 (12.2) 1.71 0.29 1.52 0.69 2.28 0.57
Comorbid substance use disorder
 Comorbid substance use disorder 11 (11.2) 1.79 b 0.31 1.66 0.69 2.08 0.58
 No comorbid drug use disorder 86 (87.8) 1.59 b 0.30 1.69 0.63 2.26 0.61
Marital Status
 Single 71 (72.4) 1.62 0.31 1.73 0.65 2.22 0.60
 Married/longterm relationship 13 (13.3) 1.62 0.26 1.63 0.45 2.37 0.60
 Separated/divorced/Widowed 14 (14.3) 1.63 0.36 1.59 0.67 2.18 0.69
BPRS scorec
 BPRS ≥ 41 67 (68.4) 1.57b 0.30 1.55 b 0.55 2.21 0.62
 BPRS ≤ 40 31 (31.6) 1.73 b 0.28 2.01 b 0.68 2.28 0.57
a

Percents do not total to 100 due to missing data or rounding error

b

Means with similar superscripts are significantly different from each at p< 0.05.

c

Score greater than 40 on BPRS indicates severe symptoms