Correlations between implicit and explicit attitude measures, for the diagnosed group (lower left triangle of the table, in bold font; n between 78 and 85) and members of the general public (upper right triangle, n between 46 and 50)
| Implicit ‘Me-Guilty’ association (a) | Implicit ‘Mental Illness-Guilty’ association (a) | Fear (b) | Social Distance (c) | Responsibility (b) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implicit ‘Mental Illness-Guilty’ association (a) | 0.13 | 0.08 | -0.19 | -0.01 | |
| Fear (b) | -0.01 | 0.05 | 0.35 * | 0.23 | |
| Social Distance (c) | -0.09 | 0.03 | 0.41 ** | -0.01 | |
| Responsibility (b) | -0.16 | 0.06 | -0.05 | 0.09 |
p < 0.0
p < 0.01 (two-tailed)
Brief Implicit Association Test, higher scores indicate stronger implicit Mental Illness-Guilty or Me-Guilty associations
Attribution Questionnaire (Corrigan et al., 2003)
Social Distance Scale (Link et al., 1999)